name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
rive
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, UK: /ɹaɪv/
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rhymes with -aɪv
noun
Meaning 2
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
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noun
Meaning 3
A bank or shore.
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verb
Meaning 4
To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: archaic except in past participle
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verb
Meaning 5
To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To break apart; to split.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To burst open; explode; discharge.
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Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
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verb
Meaning 9
To land.
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verb
Meaning 10
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cleave the bone
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Synonyms: cleave, split
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Broader terms: tear
Narrower terms: maul, laminate
verb
Meaning 11
tear or be torn violently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The curtain ripped from top to bottom
- pull the cooked chicken into strips
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rend, rip, pull
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tear, rupture, snap, bust
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Rive.
From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1reyp- (“to crumble, tear”). Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.
Compare Latin ripa (“shore”)
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разкъсвам (razkǎsvam) — to rend asunder by force
- Bulgarian: разцепвам (razcepvam) — to rend asunder by force
- Czech: rozštěpit — to rend asunder by force
- German: aufreißen — to rend asunder by force
- Scottish Gaelic: sgàin — to rend asunder by force
- Turkish: yırtmak — to rend asunder by force
- Bulgarian: разцепвам се (razcepvam se) — (reflexive) to be split or rent
- Czech: rozštěpit se — (reflexive) to be split or rent
- German: (etwas) spalten — (reflexive) to be split or rent
- Scottish Gaelic: sgàin — (reflexive) to be split or rent
- Turkish: (bir şeyi) parçalanmak — (reflexive) to be split or rent