River.html - n.
1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc.
2 a copious flow (a river of lava; rivers of blood).
3 (attrib.) (in the names of animals, plants, etc.) living in or associated with the river.

river blindness a tropical disease of the skin caused by a parasitic worm, the larvae of which can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. river capture the diversion of the upper headwaters of a mountain stream into a more powerful one. sell down the river colloq. betray or let down.

rivered adj. (also in comb.). riverless adj. [ME f. AF river, rivere, OF riviere river or river-bank ult. f. L riparius f. ripa bank]

River.html - adj.
of or on a river or river-bank; riparian.

River.html - n.
the ground along a river-bank.

River.html - v.
(past rived; past part. riven) archaic or poet.
1 tr. split or tear apart violently.
2 a tr. split (wood or stone). b intr. be split. [ME f. ON rÂfa]

River.html - n.
1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc.
2 a copious flow (a river of lava; rivers of blood).
3 (attrib.) (in the names of animals, plants, etc.) living in or associated with the river.

river blindness a tropical disease of the skin caused by a parasitic worm, the larvae of which can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. river capture the diversion of the upper headwaters of a mountain stream into a more powerful one. sell down the river colloq. betray or let down.

rivered adj. (also in comb.). riverless adj. [ME f. AF river, rivere, OF riviere river or river-bank ult. f. L riparius f. ripa bank]

River.html - adj.
of or on a river or river-bank; riparian.