river

[rivĀ·er]

A river is a long, flowing natural stream of water. The Nile is one of the most famous rivers in the world.

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One who rives or splits.

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


n.
One who rives or splits.

n.
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.

n.
Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.

v. i.
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.


River

Riv"er , n. One who rives or splits.

River

Riv"er , n. [F. riv'8are a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. Arrive, Riparian.] 1. 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.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow.
2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. River chub (Zo'94l.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes. -- River crab (Zo'94l.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as T. depressa of Southern Europe. -- River dragon, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. -- River driver, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett. -- River duck (Zo'94l.), 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. -- River god, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. -- River herring (Zo'94l.), an alewife. -- River hog. (Zo'94l.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamoch&oe;rus. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara. -- River horse (Zo'94l.), the hippopotamus. -- River jack (Zo'94l.), an African puff adder (Clotho nasicornis) having a spine on the nose. -- River limpet (Zo'94l.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell. -- River pirate (Zo'94l.), the pike. -- River snail (Zo'94l.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond. -- River tortoise (Zo'94l.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.

River

Riv"er , v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] Halliwell.

One who rives or splits.

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.

To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.

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Usage Examples

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, 'This guy is very cool.' I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever That dead men rise up never That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.

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Other Usage Examples

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans.

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.

Love is the river of life in the world.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.

Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they examine the facts about it, every one of my colleagues will join me in supporting it.

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