Found 2 items, similar to riven.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: riven 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] riven See rive
English → English (gcide) Definition: Riven 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] Riven \Riv"en\, p. p. & a. from Rive. [1913 Webster]