river

Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

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 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

a river of blood

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.

2017, Nathan Schwiethale, Ace High: Mastering Low Stakes Poker Cash Games, page 70:

(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

→ Finnish: river (“river (in poker)”)

Sranan Tongo: liba

نهر أبيض

typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 348. River

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

der

lake [⇒ thesaurus] "stream of running water"


river

Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

en-verb

river (third-person singular simple present rivers, present participle rivering, simple past and past participle rivered)

rivers (present singular third-person)
rivering (participle present)
rivered (participle past)
rivered (past)


river

(poker) river (fifth communal card in Texas hold'em)

river (nominative singular)
riverit (nominative plural)
river (accusative nominative singular)
riverit (accusative nominative plural)
riverin (accusative genitive singular)
riverit (accusative genitive plural)
riverin (genitive singular)
riverien (genitive plural)
rivereiden (genitive plural)
rivereitten (genitive plural)
riveriä (partitive singular)
rivereitä (partitive plural)
riverejä (partitive plural)
riverissä (inessive singular)
rivereissä (inessive plural)
riveristä (elative singular)
rivereistä (elative plural)
riveriin (illative singular)
rivereihin (illative plural)
riverillä (adessive singular)
rivereillä (adessive plural)
riveriltä (ablative singular)
rivereiltä (ablative plural)
riverille (allative singular)
rivereille (allative plural)
riverinä (essive singular)
rivereinä (essive plural)
riveriksi (singular translative)
rivereiksi (plural translative)
riverittä (abessive singular)
rivereittä (abessive plural)
riverein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
riverini (nominative singular)
riverini (nominative plural)
riverini (accusative nominative singular)
riverini (accusative nominative plural)
riverini (accusative genitive singular)
riverini (accusative genitive plural)
riverini (genitive singular)
riverieni (genitive plural)
rivereideni (genitive plural)
rivereitteni (genitive plural)
riveriäni (partitive singular)
rivereitäni (partitive plural)
riverejäni (partitive plural)
riverissäni (inessive singular)
rivereissäni (inessive plural)
riveristäni (elative singular)
rivereistäni (elative plural)
riveriini (illative singular)
rivereihini (illative plural)
riverilläni (adessive singular)
rivereilläni (adessive plural)
riveriltäni (ablative singular)
rivereiltäni (ablative plural)
riverilleni (allative singular)
rivereilleni (allative plural)
riverinäni (essive singular)
rivereinäni (essive plural)
riverikseni (singular translative)
rivereikseni (plural translative)
riverittäni (abessive singular)
rivereittäni (abessive plural)
rivereineni (comitative plural)
riverisi (nominative singular)
riverisi (nominative plural)
riverisi (accusative nominative singular)
riverisi (accusative nominative plural)
riverisi (accusative genitive singular)
riverisi (accusative genitive plural)
riverisi (genitive singular)
riveriesi (genitive plural)
rivereidesi (genitive plural)
rivereittesi (genitive plural)
riveriäsi (partitive singular)
rivereitäsi (partitive plural)
riverejäsi (partitive plural)
riverissäsi (inessive singular)
rivereissäsi (inessive plural)
riveristäsi (elative singular)
rivereistäsi (elative plural)
riveriisi (illative singular)
rivereihisi (illative plural)
riverilläsi (adessive singular)
rivereilläsi (adessive plural)
riveriltäsi (ablative singular)
rivereiltäsi (ablative plural)
riverillesi (allative singular)
rivereillesi (allative plural)
riverinäsi (essive singular)
rivereinäsi (essive plural)
riveriksesi (singular translative)
rivereiksesi (plural translative)
riverittäsi (abessive singular)
rivereittäsi (abessive plural)
rivereinesi (comitative plural)
riverimme (nominative singular)
riverimme (nominative plural)
riverimme (accusative nominative singular)
riverimme (accusative nominative plural)
riverimme (accusative genitive singular)
riverimme (accusative genitive plural)
riverimme (genitive singular)
riveriemme (genitive plural)
rivereidemme (genitive plural)
rivereittemme (genitive plural)
riveriämme (partitive singular)
rivereitämme (partitive plural)
riverejämme (partitive plural)
riverissämme (inessive singular)
rivereissämme (inessive plural)
riveristämme (elative singular)
rivereistämme (elative plural)
riveriimme (illative singular)
rivereihimme (illative plural)
riverillämme (adessive singular)
rivereillämme (adessive plural)
riveriltämme (ablative singular)
rivereiltämme (ablative plural)
riverillemme (allative singular)
rivereillemme (allative plural)
riverinämme (essive singular)
rivereinämme (essive plural)
riveriksemme (singular translative)
rivereiksemme (plural translative)
riverittämme (abessive singular)
rivereittämme (abessive plural)
rivereinemme (comitative plural)
riverinne (nominative singular)
riverinne (nominative plural)
riverinne (accusative nominative singular)
riverinne (accusative nominative plural)
riverinne (accusative genitive singular)
riverinne (accusative genitive plural)
riverinne (genitive singular)
riverienne (genitive plural)
rivereidenne (genitive plural)
rivereittenne (genitive plural)
riveriänne (partitive singular)
rivereitänne (partitive plural)
riverejänne (partitive plural)
riverissänne (inessive singular)
rivereissänne (inessive plural)
riveristänne (elative singular)
rivereistänne (elative plural)
riveriinne (illative singular)
rivereihinne (illative plural)
riverillänne (adessive singular)
rivereillänne (adessive plural)
riveriltänne (ablative singular)
rivereiltänne (ablative plural)
riverillenne (allative singular)
rivereillenne (allative plural)
riverinänne (essive singular)
rivereinänne (essive plural)
riveriksenne (singular translative)
rivereiksenne (plural translative)
riverittänne (abessive singular)
rivereittänne (abessive plural)
rivereinenne (comitative plural)
riverinsä (nominative singular)
riverinsä (nominative plural)
riverinsä (accusative nominative singular)
riverinsä (accusative nominative plural)
riverinsä (accusative genitive singular)
riverinsä (accusative genitive plural)
riverinsä (genitive singular)
riveriensä (genitive plural)
rivereidensä (genitive plural)
rivereittensä (genitive plural)
riveriään (partitive singular)
riveriänsä (partitive singular)
rivereitään (partitive plural)
riverejään (partitive plural)
rivereitänsä (partitive plural)
riverejänsä (partitive plural)
riverissään (inessive singular)
riverissänsä (inessive singular)
rivereissään (inessive plural)
rivereissänsä (inessive plural)
riveristään (elative singular)
riveristänsä (elative singular)
rivereistään (elative plural)
rivereistänsä (elative plural)
riveriinsä (illative singular)
rivereihinsä (illative plural)
riverillään (adessive singular)
riverillänsä (adessive singular)
rivereillään (adessive plural)
rivereillänsä (adessive plural)
riveriltään (ablative singular)
riveriltänsä (ablative singular)
rivereiltään (ablative plural)
rivereiltänsä (ablative plural)
riverilleen (allative singular)
riverillensä (allative singular)
rivereilleen (allative plural)
rivereillensä (allative plural)
riverinään (essive singular)
riverinänsä (essive singular)
rivereinään (essive plural)
rivereinänsä (essive plural)
riverikseen (singular translative)
riveriksensä (singular translative)
rivereikseen (plural translative)
rivereiksensä (plural translative)
riverittään (abessive singular)
riverittänsä (abessive singular)
rivereittään (abessive plural)
rivereittänsä (abessive plural)
rivereineen (comitative plural)
rivereinensä (comitative plural)


river

river (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rivant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rivé (participle past)
rive (first-person indicative present singular)
rives (indicative present second-person singular)
rive (indicative present singular third-person)
rivons (first-person indicative plural present)
rivez (indicative plural present second-person)
rivent (indicative plural present third-person)
rivais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rivais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rivait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rivions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
riviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rivaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rivai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rivas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
riva (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rivâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rivâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rivèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
riverai (first-person future indicative singular)
riveras (future indicative second-person singular)
rivera (future indicative singular third-person)
riverons (first-person future indicative plural)
riverez (future indicative plural second-person)
riveront (future indicative plural third-person)
riverais (conditional first-person singular)
riverais (conditional second-person singular)
riverait (conditional singular third-person)
riverions (conditional first-person plural)
riveriez (conditional plural second-person)
riveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rivions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
riviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rivent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rivasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rivasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rivât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rivassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rivassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rivassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rive (imperative second-person singular)
rivons (first-person imperative plural)
rivez (imperative plural second-person)

From a Germanic source (compare Danish rive).


river

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rīvō


river

(non-standard since 2012) present of riva