Found 3 items, similar to Rive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rive membelah, robek
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rive rive v 1: tear or be torn violently; “The curtain ripped from top to bottom”; “pull the cooked chicken into strips” [syn: rend, rip, pull] 2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; “cleave the bone” [syn: cleave, split] [also: riven]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rive Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.] To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. [1913 Webster] I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Rive \Rive\, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. [1913 Webster] Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] Rive \Rive\, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]