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river
1[ riv-er ]
noun
- a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- a similar stream of something other than water: a river of ice.
a river of lava;
a river of ice.
- any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of words.
rivers of tears;
rivers of words.
- River, Astronomy. the constellation Eridanus.
- Printing. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words.
river
2[ rahy-ver ]
noun
- a person who rives.
river
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a large natural stream of fresh water flowing along a definite course, usually into the sea, being fed by tributary streams
- ( as modifier )
river traffic
a river basin
- ( in combination ) fluvialpotamic
riverside
riverbed
- any abundant stream or flow
a river of blood
- sell down the river informal.to deceive or betray
- the river slang.poker the fifth and final community card to be dealt in a round of Texas hold 'em
river
/ ĭ′ə /
- A wide, natural stream of fresh water that flows into an ocean or other large body of water and is usually fed by smaller streams, called tributaries, that enter it along its course. A river and its tributaries form a drainage basin, or watershed, that collects the runoff throughout the region and channels it along with erosional sediments toward the river. The sediments are typically deposited most heavily along the river's lower course, forming floodplains along its banks and a delta at its mouth.
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- İ· adjective
- İ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of river1
Idioms and Phrases
to sell one's friends down the river.
- up the river, Slang.
- to prison:
to be sent up the river for a bank robbery.
- in prison:
Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society.
More idioms and phrases containing river
see sell down the river ; up the river .Example Sentences
Even when the rain stops, swollen rivers will continue to pose a danger, forecasters said.
The charity said the cost would vary depending on rainfall and therefore river levels, but warned if current conditions persist, "it's likely we'll be paying as much as £100,000 per week".
“We lived in a little village and would go to the river almost every day. We were together all the time.”
If California and other states were to pursue targets of recycling 40% or 50% of their wastewater, the researchers said, that would go a long way toward addressing the river’s gap between supply and demand.
One woman, who later found shoes, a sock, a coat and phone by the river, had taken a life ring to the water but could not see Kaliyah.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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