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river

noun
/ˈɹɪvəː/UK/ˈɾɪvəː//ˈɹɪvɚ/US/ˈɹaɪvə/UK/ˈɹaɪvɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

  1. derived from *h₁reyp-✻ — “to scratch, tear, cut”
  2. derived from rīpa — “river bank”
  3. derived from rīpārius — “of a riverbank”
  4. derived from rīpāria — “littoral, riverbank”
  5. derived from riviere
  6. inherited from ryver

Definitions

  1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from…

    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.

    • Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

  2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

    • a river of blood

  3. The last card dealt in a hand.

    • He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces…

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

    2. To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

      • Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

    3. One who rives or splits.

    4. A unisex given name.

      • Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.
      • The Doctor: Oh, this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, and has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kinda do, a bit.
      • Apparently, early in the day, a journalist had decided to bring up his brother River Phoenix's death in his interview, which threw him off and trainwrecked the day for everyone, including me.

    5. A surname.

    6. A place name

      A place name:

The neighborhood

Derived

Abba River, Adelaide River, Agidel River, Alice River, Amazon river dolphin, American River, Amur River, Angelo River, Apple River, Archer River, Arm River, Arthur River, atmospheric river, Augusta-Margaret River, Battle River, Bear River, Beaufort River, Belmore River, Bemm River, Black River, Blue River, braided river, Brodribb River, Broken River, Broughton River Valley, Buffalo River, Burrum River, Campbell River, Cann River, Capel River, Carbunup River, Carlisle River, Carlton River, Cells River, Chang River, Chicamacomico River, Chinese river dolphin, Colorado River Numic, Columbia River, Copper River · +314 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for river. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA