RIVER

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely at the end of its course, and does not reach another body of water. Small rivers may be called by several other names, including stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for generic terms, such as river, as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream may be defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in the United States, ...

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river

Noun

  1. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.
  2. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
  3. The last card dealt in a hand.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One who rives or splits.

Verb

  1. 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.


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