RIVER

river

(noun) a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); “the river was navigable for 50 miles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

river (plural rivers)

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.

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

(poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

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

Usage notes

• As with the names of lakes and mountains, the names of rivers are typically formed by adding the word before or after the unique term: the River Thames or the Yangtze River. Generally speaking, names formed using adjectives or attributives see river added to the end, as with the Yellow River. It is less common to add river before names than it is with lakes, but many of the rivers of Britain are written that way, as with the River Severn; indeed, British English tends to use "River X" in such cases while American, South African, Australian and New Zealand English use "X River". The former derives from the earlier but now uncommon form river of ~: the 19th century River of Jordan is now usually simply the River Jordan.

• It is common to preface the proper names of rivers with the article the.

Verb

river (third-person singular simple present rivers, present participle rivering, simple past and past participle rivered)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

river (plural rivers)

One who rives or splits.

Etymology

Proper noun

River (plural Rivers)

A unisex given name.

(rare) A surname.

Source: Wiktionary

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Riv"er, n.

Definition: One who rives or splits.

Riv"er, n. Etym: [F. rivère 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. Macaulay.

2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. River chub (Zoöl.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.

– River crab (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), an alewife.

– River hog. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamochoerus. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara.

– River horse (Zoöl.), the hippopotamus.

– River jack (Zoöl.), an African puff adder (Clotho nasicornis) having a spine on the nose.

– River limpet (Zoöl.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.

– River pirate (Zoöl.), the pike.

– River snail (Zoöl.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond.

– River tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.

Riv"er, v. i.

Definition: To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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