Advertisement
Advertisement
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
- 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
Twain’s literary life, though, has as many ups and downs as that river’s tides; expect to be enthralled.
He reinforced the message about the dangers of swimming in open water, and added: "We urge everyone to take care around lakes, rivers, and other natural bodies of water."
Construction of the bridge - set to span the Tumen river in the country's northeast - began on Wednesday.
A paddleboard firm boss jailed after four people died in a river accident was sacked from the police over a fraudulent insurance claim.
Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers - who had been missing for six days - were found in a river.
Advertisement
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse