English to English noun
1 |
A place torn; a rent; a rift. |  | source: webster1913 verb
2 |
tear or be torn violently |  | Example: The curtain ripped from top to bottom pull the cooked chicken into strips
source: wordnet30
3 |
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument |  | Example: cleave the bone
source: wordnet30
4 |
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. |  | source: webster1913
5 |
To be split or rent asunder. |  | source: webster1913
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