riven
Meaning
-
past participle of rive
Hyphenated as
ri‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɪvən/
Etymology
From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).
New
rive
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- To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
- To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
- To break apart; to split.
- To burst open; explode; discharge.
- To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
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