rive

Plural: rives

Verb

Verb Forms: rived, riven, riving, rives

To tear or split apart forcibly.
tear or be torn violently
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
To break apart; to split.
To burst open; explode; discharge.
To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
To land.

Noun

A place torn; a rent; a rift.
A bank or shore.

Examples

He tried to RIVE the board apart with a complex seven-letter word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).
Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.

Synonyms

cleave, pull, rend, rip, split, rent, rift

Scrabble Score: 7

rive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

rive: valid Words With Friends Word