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RIVE
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Irregular inflected form: riven
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rive ... he / she / it rives
Past simple: rived
Past participle: riven
-ing form: riving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Example:
cleave the bone
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rive" is one way to...):
tear (to separate or be separated by force)
Verb group:
cleave (make by cutting into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rive"):
maul (split (wood) with a maul and wedges)
laminate (split (wood) into thin sheets)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tear or be torn violently
Example:
pull the cooked chicken into strips
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rive" is one way to...):
bust; rupture; snap; tear (separate or cause to separate abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
