River

Word RIVER
Character 5
Hyphenation riv er
Pronunciations /ˈɹɪvə/

Definitions and meanings of "River"

What do we mean by river?

A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries. noun

A stream or abundant flow. noun

The fifth and last of the community cards in Texas hold'em. noun

To win a hand in poker by beating (someone) on the basis of the last community card that is turned up. transitive verb

(up the river) In or into prison. idiom

A considerable body of water flowing with a perceptible current in a certain definite course or channel, and usually without cessation during the entire year. noun

In law, a stream of flowing water, of greater magnitude than a rivulet or brook. noun

A large stream; copious flow; abundance: as, rivers of oil. noun

One who rives or splits. noun

One who rives or splits. noun

A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook. noun

Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance. noun

The hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes. noun

Any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as Thelphusa depressa of Southern Europe. noun

A crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. noun

A lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. noun

Any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. noun

A deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. noun

An alewife. noun

The capybara. noun

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

The last card dealt in a hand.

A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

Synonyms and Antonyms for River

The word "river" in example sentences

While this may have been true for the cases of the three earliest civilizations, further study of early Chinese civilization shows that irrigation-based agriculture did not play a major role in developing hierarchical institutions, and the absence of major river valleys in Mesoamerica and the region of the Andes civilization brought an end to the old “river valley theory” of the origins of civilization. ❋ Unknown (2001)

_Mississippi_ is a proper noun, because it is the name of an individual river; but _river_ is a common noun, because it is the name of a _species_ of things, and the name _river_ is common to _all_ rivers. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

I spent most _on the river and in the river_ of the time I stayed there. ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

At the time of the first occupation of this region by parties engaged in the fur-trade, a small party of men, under the command of ----- Reid, constituting all the garrison of a small fort on this river, were surprised and massacred by the Indians; and to this event the stream owes its occasional name of _Reid's river_. ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)

When traveling with a boat as light as a canoe, which may easily be carried on the shoulders of the Indians, this is much the better side of the river for the portage, as the ground here is very good and level, being a handsome bottom, which I remarked was covered (_as was now always the case along the river_) with a growth of green and fresh - looking grass. ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)

Arriving at the confluence with the Columbia, of the river whose banks they were following, they perceived that it was the same which had been called _Lewis river_, by the American captain of that name, in ❋ Gabriel Franchere (1824)

May, they reached the mouth of a river, which; from the unusual number of porcupines that were seen near it, they called _Porcupine river_. ❋ William Bingley (1798)

The main river is the Magdalena, but others of importance are the Cauca, Nechí, San Jorge, Sinú, and Atrato. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since their larvae are aquatic, black flies tend to stay around water, and the disease has thus earned the name river blindness. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

Now, the river is the site of a major restoration effort that is creating jobs, improving clean water, revitalizing fish and wildlife habitat, boosting recreation, and reconnecting people to our natural heritage. ❋ Rebecca Wodder (2010)

Seems that the $400 million project to take light rail under the river is actually more like $520 million. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seattle having a vote where 70% of the populace says "no" and then having the Council -- a handful of people out of the city -- unilaterally do it anyway PLUS sell us fiscally down the river is absurd. dadvocate ❋ Unknown (2010)

The paranormal reports from Boat of Garten involve an ancient, inscribed stone visible when the river is at its lowest. ❋ Intertribal (2010)

On the other side of the river is the Native village of Tyonek (population 199), "All the people that have lived there for generations - this will probably be the demise of them," says Terry, his head down. ❋ "AKMuckraker" (2010)

From this river is also where they get their bathing water and their cooking water, so you imagine how spreadable this thing [cholera] could be, Aloma said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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