river

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   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.

   • Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
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   Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

   • a river of blood
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   The last card dealt in a hand.

   • He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
4. 4

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

syn. large · river · small · brooklet · burnlet · ree · rill · rith · rithe · rivulet · runlet · streamlet

1. 1

   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.

1. 1

   One who rives or splits.

syn. large · river · small · brooklet · burnlet · ree · rill · rith · rithe · rivulet · runlet · streamlet