'River' definitions:
Definition of 'river'
From: WordNet
noun
A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
Definition of 'River'
From: GCIDE
- River \Riv"er\, n. One who rives or splits. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'River'
From: GCIDE
- River \Riv"er\, n. [F. riv[`e]re 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. [1913 Webster]
- Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. [1913 Webster]
- River chub (Zool.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.
- River crab (Zool.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as Thelphusa 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), an alewife.
- River hog. (Zool.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamoch[oe]rus. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara.
- River horse (Zool.), the hippopotamus.
- River jack (Zool.), an African puff adder ({Clotho nasicornis}) having a spine on the nose.
- River limpet (Zool.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.
- River pirate (Zool.), the pike.
- River snail (Zool.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See {Pond snail}, under Pond.
- River tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'River'
From: GCIDE
- River \Riv"er\, v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'River'
From: Easton
- River
- Heb. 'aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13).
- Heb. nahal, in winter a "torrent," in summer a "wady" or valley (Gen. 32:23; Deut. 2:24; 3:16; Isa. 30:28; Lam. 2:18; Ezek. 47:9).
- These winter torrents sometimes come down with great suddenness and with desolating force. A distinguished traveller thus describes his experience in this matter:, "I was encamped in Wady Feiran, near the base of Jebel Serbal, when a tremendous thunderstorm burst upon us. After little more than an hour's rain, the water rose so rapidly in the previously dry wady that I had to run for my life, and with great difficulty succeeded in saving my tent and goods; my boots, which I had not time to pick up, were washed away. In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300 yards broad was turned into a foaming torrent from 8 to 10 feet deep, roaring and tearing down and bearing everything upon it, tangled masses of tamarisks, hundreds of beautiful palmtrees, scores of sheep and goats, camels and donkeys, and even men, women, and children, for a whole encampment of Arabs was washed away a few miles above me. The storm commenced at five in the evening; at half-past nine the waters were rapidly subsiding, and it was evident that the flood had spent its force." (Comp. Matt. 7:27; Luke 6:49.)
- Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the Jordan, the Euphrates (Gen. 2:10; 15:18; Deut. 1:7; Ps. 66:6; Ezek. 10:15).
- Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course (1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20; Job 38:25; Ezek. 31:4).
- Peleg, properly "waters divided", i.e., streams divided, throughout the land (Ps. 1:3); "the rivers [i.e., 'divisions'] of waters" (Job 20:17; 29:6; Prov. 5:16).
- Ye'or, i.e., "great river", probably from an Egyptian word (Aur), commonly applied to the Nile (Gen. 41:1-3), but also to other rivers (Job 28:10; Isa. 33:21).
- Yubhal, "a river" (Jer. 17:8), a full flowing stream.
- 'Ubhal, "a river" (Dan. 8:2).
Synonyms of 'river'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adolescent stream,
- arroyo,
- beck,
- bourn,
- braided stream,
- branch,
- brook,
- brooklet,
- burn,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- channel,
- creek,
- crick,
- deluge,
- estuary,
- flood,
- flow,
- flowing stream,
- fluviation,
- fresh,
- freshet,
- gill,
- kill,
- lazy stream,
- meandering stream,
- midchannel,
- midstream,
- millstream,
- moving road,
- navigable river,
- Niagara,
- pour,
- quantity,
- race,
- racing stream,
- rill,
- rivulet,
- run,
- rundle,
- runlet,
- runnel,
- sike,
- spate,
- spill stream,
- stream,
- stream action,
- streamlet,
- subterranean river,
- torrent,
- tributary,
- wadi,
- watercourse,
- waterflood,
- waterway
Words containing 'River'
- Rivered,
- don river,
- Apple River,
- Big River,
- Black River,
- Blue River,
- Boy River,
- Crystal River,
- Cumberland River,
- Deep River,
- Deer River,
- Eagle River,
- Elk River,
- Fall River,
- Forest River,
- Forked River,
- Fox River,
- Funny River,
- Gold River,
- Grand River,
- Grand Rivers,
- Great River,
- Green River,
- Haw River,
- Hood River,
- Hood River, OR,
- Indian River,
- Iron River,
- Kettle River,
- Knife River,
- Knik River,
- Leaf River,
- Little River,
- Lost River,
- Middle River,
- New River,
- Niagara River,
- North River,
- Old River,
- Oxoboxo River,
- Palm River,
- Park River,
- Pearl River,
- Pine River,
- Powder River,
- Priest River,
- Red River,
- River Bend,
- River Bluff,
- River Bottom,
- River Edge,
- River Falls,
- River Forest,
- River Forest, IN,
- River Grove,
- River Heights,
- River Hills,
- River Oaks,
- River Ridge,
- River Road,
- River Rouge,
- River Vale,
- River chub,
- River crab,
- River dragon,
- River driver,
- River duck,
- River god,
- River herring,
- River hog,
- River horse,
- River jack,
- River limpet,
- River pirate,
- River shrew,
- River snail,
- River tern,
- River tortoise,
- Rock River,
- Rocky River,
- Rogue River,
- Rogue River, OR,
- Saddle River,
- Saxtons River,
- South River,
- Stony River,
- Sun River,
- The forks of a river,
- Three Rivers,
- Three Rivers, OR,
- Toms River,
- Turtle River,
- Twin Rivers,
- Two Rivers,
- Wading River,
- Warm River,
- Wells River,
- West River,
- White River,
- Willow River,
- Wood River,
- aare river,
- aire river,
- alabama river,
- allegheny river,
- amazon river,
- amur river,
- angara river,
- apalachicola river,
- araguaia river,
- araguaya river,
- argun river,
- arkansas river,
- arno river,
- bighorn river,
- brahmaputra river,
- brazos river,
- caloosahatchee river,
- cam river,
- canadian river,
- canton river,
- chari river,
- charles river,
- chattahoochee river,
- cimarron river,
- clinch river,
- colorado river,
- columbia river,
- congo river,
- connecticut river,
- coosa river,
- crocodile river,
- danube river,
- darling river,
- delaware river,
- detroit river,
- dnieper river,
- east river,
- ebro river,
- elbe river,
- elizabeth river,
- euphrates river,
- flint river,
- forth river,
- ganges river,
- garonne river,
- gila river,
- harlem river,
- housatonic river,
- hudson river,
- ijssel river,
- illinois river,
- indigirka river,
- indus river,
- irrawaddy river,
- irtish river,
- irtysh river,
- isere river,
- james river,
- jordan river,
- kan river,
- kanawha river,
- kansas river,
- kasai river,
- kaw river,
- kissimmee river,
- klamath river,
- kura river,
- lehigh river,
- lena river,
- loire river,
- mackenzie river,
- madeira river,
- magdalena river,
- marne river,
- mekong river,
- merrimack river,
- metaurus river,
- meuse river,
- milk river,
- mississippi river,
- missouri river,
- mobile river,
- mohawk river,
- monongahela river,
- moreau river,
- murray river,
- murrumbidgee river,
- namoi river,
- nan river,
- neckar river,
- neosho river,
- neva river,
- niger river,
- nile river,
- niobrara river,
- ob river,
- oder river,
- ohio river,
- orange river,
- orinoco river,
- osage river,
- ottawa river,
- ouachita river,
- ouse river,
- para river,
- parana river,
- pecos river,
- penobscot river,
- ping river,
- plata river,
- platte river,
- po river,
- potomac river,
- purus river,
- rappahannock river,
- republican river,
- rhine river,
- rhone river,
- river acheron,
- river adige,
- river aire,
- river arno,
- river avon,
- river basin,
- river birch,
- river blindness,
- river boat,
- river boulder,
- river broadbill,
- river cam,
- river cocytus,
- river cooter,
- river dolphin,
- river ducks,
- river gum,
- river kasai,
- river lethe,
- river mussel,
- river of egypt,
- river of gad,
- river of god,
- river otter,
- river pear,
- river prawn,
- river seal,
- river severn,
- river shad,
- river styx,
- river thames,
- river trent,
- river tyne,
- rivers of babylon,
- rivers of damascus,
- rivers of judah,
- ruhr river,
- russian river,
- saale river,
- sabine river,
- sacramento river,
- salmon river,
- sambre river,
- saone river,
- savannah river,
- scheldt river,
- seine river,
- severn river,
- seyhan river,
- shari river,
- shenandoah river,
- snake river,
- somme river,
- surinam river,
- suriname river,
- susquehanna river,
- tagus river,
- tallapoosa river,
- tennessee river,
- thames river,
- tidal river,
- tidewater river,
- tigris river,
- tocantins river,
- tombigbee river,
- trent river,
- trinity river,
- tyne river,
- uruguay river,
- vetluga river,
- vistula river,
- volga river,
- volkhov river,
- wabash river,
- weser river,
- willamette river,
- wisconsin river,
- yalu river,
- yangtze river,
- yazoo river,
- yellow river,
- yellowstone river,
- yenisei river,
- yenisey river,
- yukon river,
- zaire river,
- zambezi river,
- Apple River, IL,
- Bear River City,
- Big River, CA,
- Black River Falls,
- Black River, NY,
- Blue River, CO,
- Blue River, WI,
- Boy River, MN,
- Carson River Valley,
- Conservators of the River Thames,
- Crystal River, FL,
- Deep River Center,
- Deep River, IA,
- Deer River, MN,
- Deschutes River Woods,
- Deschutes River Woods, OR,
- Eagle River, WI,
- Elk River, ID,
- Elk River, MN,
- Fall River County,
- Fall River Mills,
- Fall River, KS,
- Fall River, MA,
- Fall River, SD,
- Fall River, WI,
- Forest River, ND,
- Forked River, NJ,
- Fox River Grove,
- Fox River, AK,
- Funny River, AK,
- Gold River, CA,
- Grand River, IA,
- Grand River, OH,
- Grand Rivers, KY,
- Great River, NY,
- Green River, UT,
- Green River, WY,
- Haw River, NC,
- Hood River County,
- Hood River County, OR,
- Indian River County,
- Indian River Estates,
- Indian River Shores,
- Indian River, FL,
- Indian River, MI,
- Iron River, MI,
- Kettle River, MN,
- Knife River, MT,
- Knik River, AK,
- Leaf River, IL,
- Left bank of a river,
- Little River County,
- Little River, AR,
- Little River, KS,
- Little River, SC,
- Little River, TX,
- Lost River, ID,
- Middle River, MD,
- Middle River, MN,
- New River, AZ,
- North Great River,
- North River Shores,
- North River, ND,
- Old River, TX,
- Oxoboxo River, CT,
- Palm River, FL,
- Park River, ND,
- Pearl River County,
- Pearl River, LA,
- Pearl River, MS,
- Pearl River, NY,
- Pine River, MN,
- Powder River County,
- Powder River, MT,
- Powder River, WY,
- Priest River, ID,
- Red River County,
- Red River Parish,
- Red River, LA,
- Red River, NM,
- Red River, TX,
- River Bend, MO,
- River Bend, NC,
- River Bluff, KY,
- River Bottom, OK,
- River Edge, NJ,
- River Falls, AL,
- River Falls, WI,
- River Forest, IL,
- River Grove, IL,
- River Heights, UT,
- River Hills, WI,
- River Oaks, TX,
- River Ridge, LA,
- River Road, NC,
- River Road, WA,
- River Rouge, MI,
- River Vale, NJ,
- Rock River, WY,
- Rocky River, OH,
- Saddle River, NJ,
- Saxtons River, VT,
- Shark River Hills,
- South River, NJ,
- South Toms River,
- Stony River, AK,
- Sun River Terrace,
- Sun River, MT,
- Thief River Falls,
- Three Rivers, CA,
- Three Rivers, MA,
- Three Rivers, MI,
- Three Rivers, TX,
- Toms River, NJ,
- Turtle River, MN,
- Twin Rivers, NJ,
- Two Rivers, AK,
- Two Rivers, WI,
- Upper Saddle River,
- Wading River, NY,
- Warm River, ID,
- Wells River, VT,
- West Little River,
- West River, WY,
- White River Junction,
- White River, SD,
- Willow River, MN,
- Wood River, IL,
- Wood River, NE,
- battle of granicus river,
- big sioux river,
- cape fear river,
- colorado river hemp,
- dawson river salmon,
- hudson river school,
- little bighorn river,
- little missouri river,
- little sioux river,
- little wabash river,
- north platte river,
- pee dee river,
- platte river penstemon,
- river red gum,
- saint francis river,
- saint john river,
- saint johns river,
- saint lawrence river,
- san joaquin river,
- south platte river,
- st. francis river,
- st. john river,
- st. johns river,
- st. lawrence river,
- swan river daisy,
- swan river everlasting,
- upper avon river,
- Bear River City, UT,
- Black River Falls, WI,
- Carson River Valley, WA,
- Deep River Center, CT,
- Fall River County, SD,
- Fall River Mills, CA,
- Fox River Grove, IL,
- Fox River Valley Gardens,
- Indian River County, FL,
- Indian River Estates, FL,
- Indian River Shores, FL,
- Little River County, AR,
- Little River-Academy,
- North Great River, NY,
- North River Shores, FL,
- Old River-Winfree,
- Pearl River County, MS,
- Powder River County, MT,
- Red River County, TX,
- Red River Parish, LA,
- Shark River Hills, NJ,
- South Toms River, NJ,
- Sun River Terrace, IL