The meaning of Rive

adjective

Past and past participle of cleave1.

noun

A fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground.

Usage examples:

The third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft

verb

Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Usage examples:

The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

verb

Divide or sever (something).

Usage examples:

A european tradition which had not been willing to dissever reason from the law of nature

noun

A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.

Usage examples:

I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat

verb

Pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car).

Usage examples:

They rented a house together in sussex

noun

A large tear in a piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent

verb

(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Usage examples:

If the main artery ruptures he could die

noun

An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture

noun

A breach of a harmonious relationship.

Usage examples:

The rupture with his father would never be healed

adjective

Having been cut or sliced off.

Usage examples:

Severed limbs

verb

Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

The head was severed from the body

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

phrasal verb

To pull something so violently that it breaks into two or more pieces

Usage examples:

A dog can tear a rabbit apart in seconds.

phrasal verb

To make a group of people that was united, such as a country, family, or political party, argue, or fight with each other by dividing it into two or more parts

Usage examples:

Ethnic rivalries threaten to tear this country apart., he resigned, depressed at the way that the p…

phrasal verb

To destroy a building or room

Usage examples:

The blast had torn the building apart.