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rive

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
rive /ˈraɪv/ verb
rives; rived; riven /ˈrɪvən/ ; riving
rive
/ˈraɪv/
verb
rives; rived; riven /ˈrɪvən/ ; riving
Learner's definition of RIVE
[+ object] formal
: to divide or split (something) especially in a forceful or violent way(尤指用武力或暴力)使分裂,使破裂usually used as (be) riven通常用作(be) riven
BNC: 43378 COCA: 31205

rive

verb

rived ˈrīvd How to pronounce rive (audio) ; riven ˈri-vən How to pronounce rive (audio) also rived; riving ˈrī-viŋ How to pronounce rive (audio) ; rives

transitive verb

1
a
: to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : rend
b
: to split with force or violence
2
a
: to divide into pieces or fractions
an organization being riven by controversy
b

intransitive verb

: to become split : crack
Choose the Right Synonym for rive

tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive mean to separate forcibly.

tear implies pulling apart by force and leaving jagged edges.

tear up the letter

rip implies a pulling apart in one rapid uninterrupted motion often along a line or joint.

ripped the shirt on a nail

rend implies very violent or ruthless severing or sundering.

an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes

split implies a cutting or breaking apart in a continuous, straight, and usually lengthwise direction or in the direction of grain or layers.

split logs for firewood

cleave implies very forceful splitting or cutting with a blow.

a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant oak

rive occurs most often in figurative use.

a political party riven by conflict

Example Sentences

road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two
Recent Examples on the Web And new attention will be paid to the class divisions that have riven American society. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2020 News reports this autumn detailed her disorganised, riven and functionally leaderless campaign, beset by internal rivalries and fund-raising woes. The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019 After more than three decades without baseball, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005 rebranded as the Nationals, becoming perhaps the only bipartisan agreement in a capital rived by tribalism as Republicans and Democrats flocked to games. Peter Baker, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2019 The divisions in the states riven by civil war are ethnic, denominational, interreligious, geographical, tribal, and ideological. New York Times, 12 May 2020 The strong bipartisan vote showed a rare level of unity in a Washington riven by partisan divides with a backdrop of a bitter fight for the Senate and the White House this fall. Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 The South American nation has been riven by protests for weeks, with clashes between government allies and opponents seeking Maduro’s ouster resulting in at least 30 deaths. Christine Jenkins, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old Norse rīfa; akin to Greek ereipein to tear down

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of rive was in the 14th century
BNC: 43378 COCA: 31205

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