Definition of river

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River (n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil..

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Abutter :: Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river..
Capybara :: Capybara (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog..
Thriver :: Thriver (n.) One who thrives, or prospers..
Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..
Haminura :: Haminura (n.) A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.
Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive..
Jarvy :: Jarvy (n.) The driver of a hackney coach.
Sailable :: Sailable (a.) Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Candock :: Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum)..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer..
Riverling :: Riverling (n.) A rivulet.
River :: River (n.) One who rives or splits.
Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..
Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..
Holm :: Holm (n.) An islet in a river.
Driver :: Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..
Suability :: Styx (n.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead..
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