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riv·er

(rĭv′ər)

1. Abbr. R. 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.

2. A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.

3. The fifth and last of the community cards in various poker games, especially Texas hold'em.

tr.v. riv·ered, riv·er·ing, riv·ers

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

Idiom:

up the river Slang

In or into prison.

[Middle English rivere, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, from Latin, feminine of rīpārius, of a bank, from rīpa, bank.]

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river

(ˈrɪvə)

1. (Physical Geography)

a. a large natural stream of fresh water flowing along a definite course, usually into the sea, being fed by tributary streams

b. (as modifier): river traffic; a river basin.

c. (in combination): riverside; riverbed. fluvialpotamic

2. any abundant stream or flow: a river of blood.

3. sell down the river informal to deceive or betray

4. (Card Games) the river poker slang the fifth and final community card to be dealt in a round of Texas hold 'em

[C13: from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpārius of a river bank, from rīpa bank]

ˈriverless adj

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riv•er¹

(ˈrɪv ər)

n.

1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.

2. a similar stream of something else: a river of lava.

3. any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of tears.

4. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Eridanus.

Idioms:

1. sell down the river, to betray.

2. up the river, Slang. to or in prison.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French rivere, Old French riviere land along a coast or river, river < Vulgar Latin *(terra) rīpāria riparian land]

riv′er•less, adj.

riv′er•like`, adj.

riv•er²

(ˈraɪ vər)

n.

a person who rives.

[1475–85]

riv·er

(rĭv′ər)

A large, natural stream of fresh water that flows into an ocean, a lake, or another body of water, usually fed by smaller streams that flow into it.

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River

an abundant flow of water or other liquid.

Examples: river of bood, 1588; of fire, 1767; of mist, 1855; of oil, 1382; of thy pleasure, 1538; of socialism, 1892; of talk; of tears; of water, 1611; of waters of life, 1526.

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Noun

river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

frontage - the extent of land abutting on a street or water

confluence, meeting - a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"

channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"

estuary - the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

rapid - a part of a river where the current is very fast

shore - the land along the edge of a body of water

stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

waterfall, falls - a steep descent of the water of a river

water system - a river and all of its tributaries

rejuvenate - cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

river

noun

1. stream, brook, creek, beck, waterway, tributary, rivulet, watercourse, burn (Scot.) boating on the river

2. flow, wave, rush, flood, spate, torrent, deluge a river of lava was flowing down the mountainside towards the village

sell someone down the river give up, betray, sell out (informal), deliver up, surrender He has been sold down the river by his colleagues

Related words
adjectives fluvial, potamic

Rivers

Adige, Ain, Aire, Aisne, Alabama, Albany, Aldan, Allier, Amazon, Amu Darya, Amur, Anadyr, Anderson, Angara, Apure, Apurimac, Araguaia, Aras, Arkansas, Arno, Aruwimi, Assiniboine, Atbara, Athabaska, Aube, Avon, Back, Barrow, Beni, Benue, Berezina, Bermejo, Bío-Bío, Black Volta, Blue Nile, Bomu, Boyne, Brahmaputra, Bug, Cam, Canadian, Caquetá, Cauca, Cauvery or Kaveri, Chagres, Chao Phraya, Charente, Chari or Shari, Chenab, Cher, Chindwin, Churchill, Clutha, Clyde, Colorado, Columbia, Congo, Connecticut, Cooper's Creek, Courantyne, Cuiaba, Damodar, Danube, Darling, Dee, Delaware, Demerara, Derwent, Des Moines, Detroit, Dnieper, Dniester, Don, Donets, Dordogne, Doubs, Douro, Drava or Drave, Drin, Durance, Dvina, Ebro, Elbe, Ems, Erne, Essequibo, Euphrates, Fly, Forth, Fraser, Ganges, Garonne, Glomma, Godavari, Gogra, Göta, Granta, Green, Guadalquivir, Guadiana, Guaporé, Han, Havel, Helmand, Hooghly, Hudson, Iguaçú or Iguassú, IJssel or Yssel, Illinois, Indus, Inn, Irrawaddy, Irtysh or Irtish, Isar, Isère, Isis, Japurá, Javari, Jhelum, Jordan, Juba, Jumna, Juruá, Kabul, Kagera, Kama, Kasai, Kentucky, Kizil Irmak, Klondike, Kolyma, Komati, Kootenay or Kootenai, Krishna, Kuban, Kura, Kuskokwim, Lachlan, Lech, Lee, Lena, Liao, Liard, Liffey, Limpopo, Lippe, Little Bighorn, Loire, Lot, Lualaba, Mackenzie, Macquarie, Madeira, Madre de Dios, Magdalena, Mahanadi, Main, Mamoré, Marañón, Maritsa, Marne, Medway, Mekong, Menderes, Mersey, Meta, Meuse, Minnesota, Miño, Mississippi, Missouri, Mohawk, Molopo, Monongahela, Morava, Moselle, Moskva, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Narmada, Neckar, Negro, Neisse, Nelson, Neman or Nyeman, Neva, Niagara, Niger, Nile, Ob, Oder, Ogooué or Ogowe, Ohio, Oise, Okanagan, Okavango, Orange, Ord, Orinoco, Orontes, Ottawa, Ouachita or Washita, Ouse, Paraguay, Paraíba, Paraná, Parnaíba or Parnahiba, Peace, Pearl, Pechora, Pecos, Piave, Pilcomayo, Plate, Po, Potomac, Pripet, Prut, Purús, Putamayo, Red, Rhine or Rhein, Rhône, Ribble, Richelieu, Rio Branco, Rio Grande, Rubicon, Saar, Sacramento, Safid Rud, Saguenay, Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Lawrence, Salado, Salambria, Salween, Sambre, San, Santee, Saône, Saskatchewan, Sava or Save, Savannah, Scheldt, Seine, Severn, Shannon, Shatt-al-Arab, Shiré, Siret, Skien, Slave, Snake, Snowy, Somme, Songhua, Spey, Struma, Susquehanna, Sutlej, Suwannee or Swanee, Swan, Swat, Syr Darya, Tagus, Tana, Tanana, Tapajós, Tarim, Tarn, Tarsus, Tay, Tees, Tennessee, Thames, Tiber, Ticino, Tigris, Tisza, Tobol, Tocantins, Trent, Tugela, Tunguska, Tweed, Tyne, Ubangi, Ucayali, Uele, Ural, Usk, Ussuri, Vaal, Var, Vardar, Vienne, Vistula, Vltava, Volga, Volta, Volturno, Waal, Wabash, Waikato, Warta, Wear, Weser, White Volta, Wisconsin, Xi, Hsi, or Si, Xiang, Hsiang, or Siang, Xingú, Wye, Yalu, Yangtze, Yaqui, Yarra, Yellow, Yellowstone, Yenisei, Yonne, Yser, Yüan or Yüen, Yukon, Zambezi or Zambese, Zhu Jiang

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Translations

نَهْر

řekaříčnípotok

flodflod-

Fluss Strom

ποταμός

rivero

río

jõgi

jokirivervirta

fleuve rivière torrent riverain

rijeka

folyó

fljótá

fiume fluviale rio riva

川

강

upėupės vaga

upe

riečnyrieka

reka

flodälv

แม่น้ำ

nehir ırmak

dòng sông

河流

river

[ˈrɪvəʳ]

A. N → río m
up/down river → río arriba/abajo
up river from Toledo → aguas arriba de Toledo
to sell sb down the river → traicionar a algn

B. CPD river basin N → cuenca f de río
river fish N → pez m de río
river fishing N → pesca f de río
river mouth N → desembocadura f del río
river police N → brigada f fluvial
river traffic N → tráfico m fluvial

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river

[ˈrɪvə^r]

(= waterway) (gen) → rivière f; (flowing into the sea) → fleuve m
The river runs alongside the canal → La rivière longe le canal.
the rivers of France → les rivières de France
the River Seine, the river Seine → la Seine down-river, up-river

[blood, mud, lava] → rivière f

modif [port, traffic] → fluvial(e); [delta, estuary, mouth, valley] → d'un fleuve, du fleuve; [cruise, trip] → sur une rivière, sur un fleuve
a river delta → le delta d'un fleuve, le delta du fleuve
the river mouth → l'embouchure d'un fleuve, l'embouchure du fleuveriver bank riverbank [ˈrɪvə^rbæŋk] n → rive f, berge friver basin n → bassin m fluvialriver bed riverbed [ˈrɪvə^rbɛd] n (gen) → lit m (de rivière); (of river flowing into sea) → lit m (de fleuve)

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river

n → Fluss m; (major) → Strom m; down river → fluss-/stromabwärts; up river → fluss-/stromaufwärts; the river Rhine (Brit) the Rhine river (US) → der Rhein; rivers of blood/lava → Blut-/Lavaströme pl ? sell

river

in cpds → Fluss-;

river basin

n → Flussbecken nt

riverbed

n → Flussbett nt

riverboat

n → Ausflugsschiff nt

river fish

n → Flussfisch m

river fishing

n → Flussangeln nt

river head

n → Flussquelle f

river

river mouth

n → Flussmündung f

river navigation

n → Flussschifffahrt f

river police

n → Wasserschutzpolizei f

riverside

n → Flussufer nt; on/by the river → am Fluss

adj → am Fluss(ufer)

river traffic

n → Flussschiffahrt f

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river

[ˈrɪvəʳ]

1. n → fiume m
up/down river → a monte/valle
the River Thames → il Tamigi

2. adj (port, police, basin, traffic) → fluviale

river

(ˈrivə) noun

a large stream of water flowing across country. The Thames is a river; the river Thames; the Hudson River; (also adjective) a river animal.

ˈriver-bed noun

the ground over which a river runs.

ˈriverside noun

the ground along or near the side of a river. He has a bungalow on the riverside.

river

→ نَهْر řeka flod Fluss ποταμός río joki fleuve rijeka fiume 川 강 rivier elv rzeka rio река flod แม่น้ำ nehir dòng sông 河流

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WHILE the Astorians were busily occupied in completing their factory and fort, a report was brought to them by an Indian from the upper part of the river, that a party of thirty white men had appeared on the banks of the Columbia, and were actually building houses at the second rapids.

It was now apprehended that they were advancing within the American limits, and were endeavoring to seize upon the upper part of the river and forestall the American Fur Company in the surrounding trade; in which case bloody feuds might be anticipated, such as had prevailed between the rival fur companies in former days.

A reconnoitring party was sent up the river to ascertain the truth of the report.

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Magnificent scenery Wind River Mountains Treasury of waters A stray horse An Indian trail Trout streams The Great Green River Valley An alarm A band of trappers Fontenelle, his information Sufferings of thirst Encampment on the Seeds-ke- dee Strategy of rival traders Fortification of the camp The Blackfeet Banditti of the mountains Their character and habits

He had been making a bend to the south, to avoid some obstacles along the river, and had attained a high, rocky ridge, when a magnificent prospect burst upon his sight.

We can imagine with what feelings of awe and admiration he must have contemplated the Wind River Sierra, or bed of mountains; that great fountainhead from whose springs, and lakes, and melted snows some of those mighty rivers take their rise, which wander over hundreds of miles of varied country and clime, and find their way to the opposite waves of the Atlantic and the Pacific.

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The panglima Ninaka of the Signana Dyaks who manned Muda Saffir's war prahu saw his chief disappear beneath the swift waters of the river, but the word of command that would have sent the boat hurriedly back to pick up the swimmer was not given.

The river was there, deep, dark and silent, and he could place the responsibility for her loss upon Muda Saffir.

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The river is not extraordinarily interesting between Streatley and Wallingford.

I like sitting in the boat and slowly rising out of the cool depths up into new reaches and fresh views; or sinking down, as it were, out of the world, and then waiting, while the gloomy gates creak, and the narrow strip of day-light between them widens till the fair smiling river lies full before you, and you push your little boat out from its brief prison on to the welcoming waters once again.

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Wild horses would not drag from me the name of a certain river in the north whose narrow estuary is inhospitable and dangerous, and whose docks are like a nightmare of dreariness and misery.

For all my unkind comparisons to swans and backyards, it cannot be denied that each dock or group of docks along the north side of the river has its own individual attractiveness.

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