rive
pronunciation
How to pronounce rive in British English:
UK [raɪv]
How to pronounce rive in American English:
US [raɪv]
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- Verb:
- tear or be torn violently
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Word Origin
- rive (v.)
- "tear in pieces, strike asunder," c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rifa "to tear apart" (compare Swedish rifva, Danish rive "scratch, tear"), from PIE root *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (see riparian).
Example
- 1. My huckleberry friend , moon rive and me .
- 2. It is too wide a rive for me to swim across .
- 3. The shangjiang rive is the longest in china .
- 4. The great thing is we cut the plants , rive safe .
- 5. A rive is to a fish what a house is to a man .