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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
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The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
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Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
riving
n.
1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
vb.
(present participle of en rive nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
riving
n.
1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
vb.
(present participle of en rive nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
riving
n.
1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
vb.
(present participle of en rive nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
riving
n.
1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
vb.
(present participle of en rive nocat=1)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
التمزيق
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
auseinanderreißend, zerreißend
Synonym: tearing apart
see: tear apart sth., rive sth., torn apart, riven
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
spaltend
see: rive, riven
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
岩石破裂
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