Search for crossword answers and clues
Rending
Answer for the clue "Rending ", 6 letters:
riving
Word definitions for riving in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived ; p. p. Rived or Riven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving .] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift , Rivel .] To rend asunder by force; to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (cx historical agriculture English) A strip of a townfield. vb. (present participle of rive English)
Usage examples of riving.
Now in an instant the picnic was ended, and in the grey cold dawn war was upon them--grim war with the whine of bullets, the screams of pain, the crash of shell, the horrible rending and riving of body and limb.
There is a riving of the border before us such as this land has never seen.