rive

rive is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
2. intransitive verb. To be split or rent asunder.
3. noun. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
4. verb. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

   "cleave the bone"

   Synonyms: cleave, split

5. verb. tear or be torn violently

   "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

   "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

   Synonyms: pull, rend, rip

Synonyms

cleave, split, pull, rend, rip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rive:

veri, vier, vire

Common word forms

rived, river, rives, riving

Words from these letters

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