Meaning

2 senses

  1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

  2. A bank or shore.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The nation was riven by partisan conflict.

    deDie Nation war durch Parteikonflikte gespalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. The society is riven with class conflict.

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  3. I want to make a book cover like the leather-bound books that you get in Myst and Riven.

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Origin

From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to

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”).

Compare Latin ripa (“shore”).

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Forms

plural: rives
Singularrive
Pluralrives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
a place torn:rentA2riftC2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rivalB2rivalryriverA1riverbankriverbed
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