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From Old French riviere < Vulgar Latin *riparia (“‘riverbank, seashore, river’”) < Latin riparius (“‘of a riverbank’”) < riparia (“‘shore’”) < ripa (“‘river bank’”) < Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“‘to scratch, tear, cut’”).
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈɹɪvə/, SAMPA: /"rIv@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɹɪvɚ/, SAMPA: /"rIv@`/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪvə(r)
- Hyphenation: riv‧er
Noun
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Singular river |
Plural rivers |
river (plural rivers)
- 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. Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Any large flow of a liquid in a single body (e.g., 'a river of blood').
- (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.
Derived terms
terms derived from "river"
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See also
Verb
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Infinitive to river |
Third person singular rivers |
Simple past rivered |
Past participle rivered |
Present participle rivering |
to 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.
- Johnny rivered me by drawing that Ace of spades
Danish
Noun
river c.
- Plural indefinite of rive.
Verb
river
- Present of rive.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
river
- to drive/set a rivet
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of river (see also Appendix:French verbs)| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | river | avoir rivé | |||||
| gerund | en rivant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rivant | ||||||
| past participle | rivé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | rive | rives | rive | rivons | rivez | rivent |
| imperfect | rivais | rivais | rivait | rivions | riviez | rivaient | |
| past historic | rivai | rivas | riva | rivâmes | rivâtes | rivèrent | |
| future | riverai | riveras | rivera | riverons | riverez | riveront | |
| conditional | riverais | riverais | riverait | riverions | riveriez | riveraient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses | present | rive | rives | rive | rivions | riviez | rivent |
| imperfect | rivasse | rivasses | rivât | rivassions | rivassiez | rivassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rive | — | rivons | rivez | — | ||
Anagrams
Swedish
Verb
river
- present tense of riva
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What is it called when a river deviates from its original path?
Q. Like, when a river changes path in order to use less energy.. I can't think of the word!
Asked by I have curly hair and love life. - Sun Oct 28 18:28:38 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. When a river reduces its sinuosity, it is often "abandoning" its former channel by cutting more directly across a point bar and abandoning a former meander. Abandonment can also take place when a river is not actually reducing its sinuosity (which would be a response to a decrease in base level) but can take place when a meander has reached a maximum amplitude and a temporary increase in the energy level of the river allows it to cut across a meander. This is a natural response of rivers that meander across wide flood plains. Meandering has no real context that indicates either an increase or decrease in sinuosity. It simply describes a sinuous path of some degree. A good reference on river channel morphology: Also see my answer… [cont.]
Answered by carbonates - Thu Nov 1 00:14:45 2007
Q. Like, when a river changes path in order to use less energy.. I can't think of the word!
Asked by I have curly hair and love life. - Sun Oct 28 18:28:38 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments
A. When a river reduces its sinuosity, it is often "abandoning" its former channel by cutting more directly across a point bar and abandoning a former meander. Abandonment can also take place when a river is not actually reducing its sinuosity (which would be a response to a decrease in base level) but can take place when a meander has reached a maximum amplitude and a temporary increase in the energy level of the river allows it to cut across a meander. This is a natural response of rivers that meander across wide flood plains. Meandering has no real context that indicates either an increase or decrease in sinuosity. It simply describes a sinuous path of some degree. A good reference on river channel morphology: Also see my answer… [cont.]
Answered by carbonates - Thu Nov 1 00:14:45 2007
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