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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REAVE

Old English reāfian; related to Old High German roubōn to rob, Old Norse raufa to break open.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REAVE

reave  [riːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reave is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reave in English.

WHAT DOES REAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Reave

A reave is a long and generally straight boundary wall made of stone that was built during the Bronze Age. Reaves were identified as prehistoric features on Dartmoor in Devon, England in 1972, and although they had been described by antiquarians in the 1820s, the knowledge of their origins had been lost, ignored and misrepresented for around 150 years. There are three main classes of reaves: parallel reaves divided land to create rectilinear fields which were sometimes subdivided by cross reaves. Terminal reaves tend to run for great distances along contours or watersheds and served to divide the enclosed areas from the higher open moor. In total, the reaves on Dartmoor cover an area of over 10,000 hectares (39 sq mi). There are over 20 major field systems delineated by reaves on Dartmoor. The largest is around Rippon Tor, which covers over 2,000 hectares (7.7 sq mi). Other large systems are North Dart (over 1,400 hectares (5.4 sq mi)), South Dart (550 hectares (2.1 sq mi)) and Easdon Down (380 hectares (1.5 sq mi)).

Definition of reave in the English dictionary

The definition of reave in the dictionary is to carry off by force.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REAVE

PRESENT

Present
I reave
you reave
he/she/it reaves
we reave
you reave
they reave
Present continuous
I am reaving
you are reaving
he/she/it is reaving
we are reaving
you are reaving
they are reaving
Present perfect
I have reaved
you have reaved
he/she/it has reaved
we have reaved
you have reaved
they have reaved
Present perfect continuous
I have been reaving
you have been reaving
he/she/it has been reaving
we have been reaving
you have been reaving
they have been reaving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reaved
you reaved
he/she/it reaved
we reaved
you reaved
they reaved
Past continuous
I was reaving
you were reaving
he/she/it was reaving
we were reaving
you were reaving
they were reaving
Past perfect
I had reaved
you had reaved
he/she/it had reaved
we had reaved
you had reaved
they had reaved
Past perfect continuous
I had been reaving
you had been reaving
he/she/it had been reaving
we had been reaving
you had been reaving
they had been reaving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will reave
you will reave
he/she/it will reave
we will reave
you will reave
they will reave
Future continuous
I will be reaving
you will be reaving
he/she/it will be reaving
we will be reaving
you will be reaving
they will be reaving
Future perfect
I will have reaved
you will have reaved
he/she/it will have reaved
we will have reaved
you will have reaved
they will have reaved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reaving
you will have been reaving
he/she/it will have been reaving
we will have been reaving
you will have been reaving
they will have been reaving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would reave
you would reave
he/she/it would reave
we would reave
you would reave
they would reave
Conditional continuous
I would be reaving
you would be reaving
he/she/it would be reaving
we would be reaving
you would be reaving
they would be reaving
Conditional perfect
I would have reave
you would have reave
he/she/it would have reave
we would have reave
you would have reave
they would have reave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reaving
you would have been reaving
he/she/it would have been reaving
we would have been reaving
you would have been reaving
they would have been reaving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you reave
we let´s reave
you reave
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to reave
Past participle
reaved
Present Participle
reaving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REAVE


achieve
əˈtʃiːv
believe
bɪˈliːv
breve
briːv
conceive
kənˈsiːv
deceive
dɪˈsiːv
eve
iːv
half-sleeve
ˈhɑːfˌsliːv
leave
liːv
leve
liːv
naive
naɪˈiːv
nieve
niːv
perceive
pəˈsiːv
receive
rɪˈsiːv
reeve
riːv
relieve
rɪˈliːv
retrieve
rɪˈtriːv
sleeve
sliːv
vive
viːv
weave
wiːv
we´ve
wiːv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REAVE

reastiness
reasty
reata
reate
reattach
reattachment
reattack
reattain
reattribute
reattribution
reauthorisation
reauthorise
reauthorization
reauthorize
reaver
reaving
reavow
reawake
reawaken
reawakening

WORDS THAT END LIKE REAVE

annual leave
basket weave
basketweave
by your leave
by-your-leave
cleave
greave
heave
home leave
interleave
Jacquard weave
maternity leave
on leave
parental leave
sabbatical leave
shore leave
sick leave
sleave
study leave
ticket of leave

Synonyms and antonyms of reave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REAVE

Find out the translation of reave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

reave
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reave
570 millions of speakers

English

reave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reave
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

reave
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

reave
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Reave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লুটপাট করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reave
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reave
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

reave
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

reave
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiếm đoạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொள்ளை அடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उलट्या करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zaptetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reave
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

reave
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reave
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

reave
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontvreemden
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

reave
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REAVE»

The term «reave» is regularly used and occupies the 86.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REAVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reave» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reave» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REAVE»

Discover the use of reave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reave the Just and Other Tales
The New York Times bestselling author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant presents a collection of stories and novellas spanning fourteen years, including dark fables and lush fairy tales, featuring legendary heroes, lowly beggars, and ...
Stephen R. Donaldson, 2014
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The Rural Repository Devoted to Polite Literature
The poor Amy Reave was nearly distracted. Her waking thoughts were misery; and her mother-in-law sat upon her slumbers like an incubus.—Capt. Reave was expected home. ' Hadn't you better,' said the dowager coaxingly, ' spend afew ...
‎1830
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Rural Repository, Or Bower of Literature
The poor Amy Reave was nearly distracted. Her waking thoughts were misery; and her mother-in-law sat upon her slumbers like an incubus. — Capt. Reave was expected home. • Hadn't you better,' said the dowager coax- i ngiy, ' spend a few ...
‎1831
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Robinson Jeffers, Dimensions of a Poet
When usurping the role of narrator, it is the characters, not the authorial voice of the narrator, who create distance and establish their apparent independence. The clearest way to illustrate this is to compare the ways in which Reave and Helen ...
Robert J. Brophy, 1995
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Reave
How far would you go to be free—to make your own choices without being subjected to punishment for doing what you felt was right?Could you kill for it?After being abandoned by her father as a child, Aster spent ten years of her life as a ...
C. Miller, 2013
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The American Monthly Magazine
Well, dear, then I will get Mr. Cheney to drive you out to Mrs. Hexham's, who keeps a nice boarding-house 0n the Taunton road.” Now the fact was, old Mrs. Reave had that morning received a letter from her son, stating that he had anchored at ...
Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1830
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The South West to 1000 AD
Most of the reave systems disposed around the edge of the Moor have a terminal reave on which the parallel reaves end, the equivalent of the 'head dyke' of modern Scotland; beyond the terminal reave presumably lay upland pasture, ...
Malcolm Todd, 2014
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Robinson Jeffers and the American Sublime
He will await his natural end, which in the course of things can hardly be “more than fifty years” (29). as Reave rejects all physical relief, so he denies all hope. the universe is without meaning, since any God in it would necessarily be a ...
Robert Zaller, 2012
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Historic Landscapes of Britain from the Air
The field boundaries extending from Yar Tor Down (368 m) and beyond the River Dart gorge to the Holne Moor plateau (c.330 m), form part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system, one of the finest prehistoric field systems in Britain. The coaxial ...
Robin Edgar Glasscock, 1992
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Bastion: Prequel to War
Wir smiled, “I even got my bow infused with brewdwood and some reave arrows. It was expensive and took a lot of sacrifice to purchase, but its well worth the advantage it will give us in the final exam today.” Rigil smiled gratefully, “Thank you ...
A. L. Collins, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reave is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 405's Mid-Term Review: The Best Films of 2015 (So Far)
Keanu Reave's John Wick gave audiences one of the most irrevocably enjoyable experiences of the past six months, with some of the best American action ... «The 405, Jul 15»
2
What is spiritual healing?
What is spiritual healing? Laura Reave. By Laura Reave. Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:39:30 EDT PM. Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. «London Free Press, Jun 15»
3
Craig hangs 19 runs on Parker in win
Craig's Gaby Loveland leans off first base as Parker's Reave Myszewski delivers a pitch in Monday's Big Eight Conference softball game. Craig beat Parker 19-5 ... «Gazettextra, Apr 15»
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Parker softball opens season Saturday
Reave Myszewski, Jordyn Nenno and Sydney Peterson all have a strong pitching background. “It's a nice luxury to have,” Hansgen said of having three pitchers ... «Gazettextra, Apr 15»
5
Aquil Reaves helps Delaware basketball players rise
Reaves, 24, is a Newark native and played ball under Rashid Perkins at Glasgow High School from 2005 to 2008. After graduation, Reaves hung up his ... «The News Journal, Mar 15»
6
Blues Defeat Hurricanes In Second Straight Shootout
After 1:48 into the first period, Ryan Reaves put an early shot into the net to put the Blues up 1-0. Steve Ott and Ty Rattie earned assists. Then at 3:25 David ... «Bleedin' Blue, Feb 15»
7
Reel Talk: The Street Demon Video with Zach Barton
Towards the end of the video it was mainly Reave Dennison filming everyone who was in Vancouver and Bradley always filmed with Jake Kuzyk. Whenever I ... «Transworld Skateboarding, Dec 14»
8
Big Foot's Utesch named WFCA all-state
Offensive linemen to earn honorable mention were seniors Reave Lincoln, Brodhead-Juda, and Avery Ousterhout, Milton, and junior Stephan Wieder, Lake ... «Gazettextra, Nov 14»
9
Imlay City fire chief retires
One of the things retiring Imlay City Fire Dept. Chief Kip Reaves is most proud of is the collection of stars on the back of the department's rescue truck. Each of ... «Thecountypress, Oct 14»
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Dundee electrician walked in on Australian murderer cooking wife's …
“I work with my brother Reave, who is 21 and if he had been called out it might have been totally different. He was only nine when he left Dundee and is smaller ... «Evening Telegraph, Oct 14»

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