Rip vs. Ria

A tear (in paper, etc.).

A type of tide or current.

(Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.

(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.

A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.

(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.

A wicker basket for fish.

A worthless horse; a nag.

An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.

(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

Example: ‘to rip a garment; to rip up a floor’;

(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

Example: ‘My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.’;

(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

To move quickly and destructively.

(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.

To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

To take a "hit" of marijuana.

(slang) To fart.

To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)

To steal; to rip off.

To move or act fast, to rush headlong.

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.

To surf extremely well.

A wicker fish basket.

A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.

A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; - commonly used with up, open, off.

To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

Example: ‘He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.’;

To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.

Example: ‘They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.’; ‘For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.’;

To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

a dissolute man in fashionable society

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

Example: ‘there was a rip in his pants’; ‘she had snags in her stockings’;

a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

Example: ‘he gave the envelope a vigorous rip’;

tear or be torn violently;

Example: ‘The curtain ripped from top to bottom’; ‘pull the cooked chicken into strips’;

move precipitously or violently;

Example: ‘The tornado ripped along the coast’;

cut (wood) along the grain

criticize or abuse strongly and violently;

Example: ‘The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly’;

A submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned river valley

A ria (; Galician: ría) is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley. It is a drowned river valley that remains open to the sea.