Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
- 2intransitive verb
To be split or rent asunder.
- 3noun
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
- 4verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
- 5verb
tear or be torn violently
"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
"pull the cooked chicken into strips"
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