Definitions for "Rive"
Keywords:  asunder, split, rend, cleave, porous
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
To be split or rent asunder.
To split wood down the center to make two pieces of similar size.
Keywords:  torn, rip, rift, tear, curtain
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
Rip, tear.
tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
Rive is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km south of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 426 and an area of 9.5 km2.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.