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Definition of "rive" [rive]

  • To rend or tear apart. (verb-transitive)
  • To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. (verb-transitive)
  • To break or distress (the spirit, for example). (verb-transitive)
  • To be or become split. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rive" in a sentence
  • "Dérive is a Situationist International concept that refers to walking aimlessly, following the smallest whim (never let it be said that you don’t learn anything here at Inhabitat)."
  • "May 22nd, 2009 at 8: 35 am ‘We know where you rive, we know your famiry members, ’"
  • "WASA has begun a $2.6 billion project, the largest the authority has built, to reduce nitrogen and trash flowing to the rive r from its combined sewer overflow system, said George S. Hawkins, WASA general manager."