different between rive vs writhe
rive
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?a?v/
- Rhymes: -a?v
Etymology 1
From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *r?fan? (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).
Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian r?va (“to tear”), Old English ?r?fan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.
Verb
rive (third-person singular simple present rives, present participle riving, simple past rived or rove, past participle rived or riven)
- (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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vi:
- The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue […].
- 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England
- Freestone i.e. that rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vi:
- (transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
- 1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare:
- Ten thousand French have ta'en the sacrament, To rive their dangerous artillery
- 1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare:
- (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
Synonyms
- (to rend asunder): cleave, rend, split
Translations
See also
- rip
- rib
Noun
rive (plural rives)
- A place torn; a rent; a rift.
Synonyms
- (a place torn): rent, rift
Etymology 2
Compare Latin ripa (“shore”)
Noun
rive (plural rives)
- A bank or shore.
Verb
rive
- To land.
Anagrams
- Iver, iver, vier, vire
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?v?/, [??i???], [??i??]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hrífa, derived from the verb Old Norse hrífa (“to grip”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?ban? (“to grip, snatch”).
Noun
rive c (singular definite riven, plural indefinite river)
- rake
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rífa, from Proto-Germanic *r?fan?, cognate with Swedish riva, English rive. In the sense, "to rake", it is derived from the noun.
Verb
rive (past tense rev, past participle revet, common gender attributive reven, plural or definite attributive revne)
- to grate
- to scratch, tear, rip
- to rake
Inflection
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from Swedish drev.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ri?e?/, [?ri?e?(?)]
- Rhymes: -i?e
- Syllabification: ri?ve
Noun
rive
- oakum, tow
Declension
Derived terms
- tervarive
Anagrams
- revi, veri, vire
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin r?pa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?iv/
Noun
rive f (plural rives)
- bank (of a river)
Related terms
- arriver
- dériver
- rivage
- rivière
Further reading
- “rive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ivre, vire, viré
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin r?pa.
Noun
rive f (plural rivis)
- slope, ascent
- shore
Related terms
- rivâ
- riviere
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French arriver (“happen”)
Verb
rive
- happen
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Noun
rive f
- plural of riva
Anagrams
- veri
Latin
Noun
r?ve
- vocative singular of r?vus
References
- rive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hrífa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?v?/
Noun
rive f or m (definite singular riva or riven, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)
- a rake (garden and agricultural tool)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rífa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?v?/
Verb
rive (imperative riv, present tense river, passive rives, simple past rev or reiv, past participle revet, present participle rivende)
- to grate + av
- to scratch, tear, rip + av
Derived terms
- løsrive
- rivjern
References
- “rive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hrífa.
Noun
rive f (definite singular riva, indefinite plural river, definite plural rivene)
- a rake (garden and agricultural tool)
Etymology 2
Verb
rive (present tense riv, past tense reiv, supine rive, past participle riven, present participle rivande, imperative riv)
- Alternative form of riva
References
- “rive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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writhe
English
Etymology
From Middle English writhen, from Old English wr?þan, from Proto-West Germanic *wr?þan, from Proto-Germanic *wr?þan? (“to weave, twist, turn”) (compare Old High German r?dan (“to wind, turn”), Old Norse ríða (“to wind”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Compare Lithuanian ri?sti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?th, IPA(key): /?a?ð/
- Rhymes: -a?ð
Verb
writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or (archaic) wrothe, past participle writhed or (archaic) writhen)
- (transitive) To twist, to wring (something).
- (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good.
- She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood.
- They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
- Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
- Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
- The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- (intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
- (transitive) To extort.
Translations
Noun
writhe (plural writhes)
- (rare) A contortion.
- (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
Anagrams
- Wither, whiter, wither, wither-
Middle English
Verb
writhe
- Alternative form of writhen
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