Associations to the word «Rive»

Wiktionary

RIVE, verb. (transitive) (archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
RIVE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
RIVE, verb. (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
RIVE, verb. (transitive) (rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
RIVE, verb. (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
RIVE, noun. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Dictionary definition

RIVE, verb. Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips".
RIVE, verb. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.