Definitions for River

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River riv·er

Spelling: [riv-er]

IPA: /ˈrɪv ər/

River is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in River (eirrv).

Definitions for River

noun

1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
2. a similar stream of something other than water:
3. any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring:
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Eridanus.
5. Printing. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words.
6. a person who rives.

Idioms

1. sell down the river, to betray; desert; mislead:
2. up the river, Slang. to prison: in prison:

Origin of River

1250-1300; Middle English Old French rivere, riviere Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, noun use of feminine of Latin rīpārius riparian

Examples for River

I was down at the river just now, and saw it with my own eyes.

Then, Robert, you quarreled with the man you took across the river.

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.

Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.

Shot six ducks; great numbers were in the river, also white cockatoos.

From far and wide, wild people flocked to the banks of the river.

I see some man in the East has a fad for breaking the ice in the river and going swimming.

And then, on one recent morning, the train made a stop at a small station near an especially beautiful section of the river.

But you know, I had only one other hero in my life acting and that was river [Phoenix].

Today, the train chugs north out of Kanchanaburi over the famous bridge before it hits a spectacular bend in the river.