River

  • 41river — [[t]rɪ̱və(r)[/t]] ♦♦ rivers N COUNT: oft in names before n A river is a large amount of fresh water flowing continuously in a long line across the land. ...a chemical works on the banks of the river. ...boating on the River Danube …

    English dictionary

  • 42river — A natural stream of water, of greater volume than a creek or rivulet, flowing in a more or less permanent bed or channel, between defined banks or walls, with a current which may either be continuous in one direction or affected by the ebb and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43river — see if you have to live in the river, it is best to be friends with the crocodile the sea refuses no river if you sit by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 44river — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius riparian, from ripa bank, shore; perhaps akin to Greek ereipein to tear down Date: 14th century 1. a.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45RIVER — v. a. Abattre la pointe d un clou sur l autre côté de l objet qu il perce, et l aplatir pour la fixer. On ne saurait arracher ce clou, il est rivé. Prov. et fig., River à quelqu un son clou, Lui répondre fortement, vertement, en sorte qu il n ait …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 46River — Cartes communes au poker Exemple de flop, de turn et de river Les cartes communes au poker sont les cinq cartes ouvertes (montrées) posées au centre de la table, visibles par et communes à tous les joueurs. Les autres cartes sont privatives,… …

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  • 47river — a flow of water in a natural channel, larger than a stream (or a large stream, see stream). Some languages have words for rivers of varying sizes; in English a river can vary from a small water body that can be waded across (especially in… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 48river — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, adolescent stream, arroyo, beck, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, cascade, cataract, channel, creek, crick, deluge, estuary, flood, flow, flowing stream, fluviation, fresh, freshet, gill,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 49river*/*/*/ — [ˈrɪvə] noun [C] a large area of water that flows towards the sea They were swimming in the river.[/ex] the River Nile[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 50River — Ri|ver [ rivɐ] ohne Artikel <aus engl. river »Fluss«> weiß mit blauem Schimmer (zur Bez. der feinsten Farbqualität bei Brillanten) …

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