(transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. / (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon. / (intransitive) To break apart; to split.

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

A bank or shore.

To land.

simple past tense and past participle of rive

A surname from French.

plural of rive

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rive

present participle of rive

(historical, agriculture) A strip of a townfield. / (archaic) A piece of split wood.