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riv·er1

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–noun

1.	a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.

2.	a similar stream of something other than water: a river of lava; a river of ice.

3.	any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of tears; rivers of words.

4.	(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Eridanus.

5.	Printing. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words.

—Idioms

6.	sell down the river, to betray; desert; mislead: to sell one's friends down the river.

up the river, Slang.

a.	to prison: to be sent up the river for a bank robbery.

b.	in prison: Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF rivere, riviere < VL *rīpāria, n. use of fem. of L rīpārius riparian

]

—Related forms

riv·er·less, adjective

riv·er·like, adjective

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riv·er2

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–noun

a person who rives.

[Origin: 1475–85; rive + -er¹

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n.

Abbr. R. A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
A stream or abundant flow: a river of tears.

[Middle English rivere, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, from Latin, feminine of rīpārius, of a bank, from rīpa, bank.]

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river

c.1297, from O.Fr. riviere, from V.L. *riparia "riverbank, seashore, river" (cf. Sp. ribera, It. riviera), noun use of fem. of L. riparius "of a riverbank" (see riparian). The O.E. word was ea (see aqua-). U.S. slang phrase up the river "in prison" (1891) is originally in ref. to Sing Sing prison, which was lit. "up the (Hudson) river" from New York City. Phrase down the river "done with" perhaps echoes sense in to sell down the river (1851), originally of troublesome slaves, to sell from the Upper South to the harsher cotton plantations of the Deep South.

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river
noun
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

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river [ˈrivə] noun

a large stream of water flowing across country
Example: The Thames is a river; the river Thames; the Hudson River; (also adjective) a river animal

Arabic:	نَهْر
Chinese (Simplified):	河流
Chinese (Traditional):	河流
Czech:	řeka; říční
Danish:	flod; flod-
Dutch:	rivier
Estonian:	jõgi
Finnish:	joki
French:	(de) rivière; fleuve; (adj.) fluvial
German:	der Fluß; Fluß-…
Greek:	ποταμός
Hungarian:	folyó
Icelandic:	fljót
Indonesian:	sungai
Italian:	fiume; di fiume*

Japanese:	川
Korean:	강
Latvian:	upe
Lithuanian:	upė
Norwegian:	elv
Polish:	rzeka
Portuguese (Brazil):	rio
Portuguese (Portugal):	rio
Romanian:	(de) râu; fluviu; fluvial
Russian:	река; речной
Slovak:	rieka; riečny
Slovenian:	reka
Spanish:	río
Swedish:	flod
Turkish:	nehir

See also: river-bed, riverside

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A wide, natural stream of fresh water that flows into an ocean or other large body of water and is usually fed by smaller streams, called tributaries, that enter it along its course. A river and its tributaries form a drainage basin, or watershed, that collects the runoff throughout the region and channels it along with erosional sediments toward the river. The sediments are typically deposited most heavily along the river's lower course, forming floodplains along its banks and a delta at its mouth.

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River Forest, IL (village, FIPS 64304) Location: 41.89485 N, 87.81905 W
Population (1990): 11669 (4197 housing units)
Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60305

River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 68275) Location: 44.85574 N, 92.62161 W
Population (1990): 10610 (3525 housing units)
Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54022

River Grove, IL (village, FIPS 64343) Location: 41.92400 N, 87.83757 W
Population (1990): 9961 (4433 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60171

River Edge, NJ (borough, FIPS 63360) Location: 40.92720 N, 74.04003 W
Population (1990): 10603 (4161 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07661

River Oaks, TX (city, FIPS 62384) Location: 32.77570 N, 97.39795 W
Population (1990): 6580 (2877 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76114

River Rouge, MI (city, FIPS 68760) Location: 42.27435 N, 83.12354 W
Population (1990): 11314 (4666 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48218

River Ridge, LA (CDP, FIPS 65150) Location: 29.95885 N, 90.21781 W
Population (1990): 14800 (6194 housing units)
Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)

River Forest, IN (town, FIPS 64728) Location: 40.10947 N, 85.72938 W
Population (1990): 16 (9 housing units)
Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

River Road, NC (CDP, FIPS 56815) Location: 35.50664 N, 76.99103 W
Population (1990): 3892 (1799 housing units)
Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 6.4 sq km (water)

River Heights, UT (city, FIPS 64120) Location: 41.72254 N, 111.82037 W
Population (1990): 1274 (392 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

River Road, OR (CDP, FIPS 62300) Location: 44.08420 N, 123.13255 W
Population (1990): 9443 (3624 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

River Vale, NJ (CDP, FIPS 63720) Location: 41.01362 N, 74.00697 W
Population (1990): 9410 (3208 housing units)
Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

River Falls, AL (town, FIPS 64776) Location: 31.35036 N, 86.54189 W
Population (1990): 710 (298 housing units)
Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

River Hills, WI (village, FIPS 68325) Location: 43.17360 N, 87.93506 W
Population (1990): 1612 (583 housing units)
Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

River Bluff, KY (city, FIPS 65559) Location: 38.36933 N, 85.60282 W
Population (1990): 452 (140 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

River Bend, NC (town, FIPS 56710) Location: 35.07311 N, 77.15224 W
Population (1990): 2408 (1173 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Fox River Grove, IL (village, FIPS 27533) Location: 42.19700 N, 88.21896 W
Population (1990): 3551 (1331 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60021

New River Stage, AZ Zip code(s): 85027

Fall River Mills, CA Zip code(s): 96028

Wood River Junct, RI Zip code(s): 02894

Black River Fall, WI Zip code(s): 54615

Crooked River Ra, OR Zip code(s): 97760

Thief River Fall, MN Zip code(s): 56701

Indian River Sho, FL Zip code(s): 32963

Russian River Md, CA Zip code(s): 95462

White River Junc, VT Zip code(s): 05001

Little River County, AR (county, FIPS 81) Location: 33.70024 N, 94.23564 W
Population (1990): 13966 (6171 housing units)
Area: 1377.3 sq km (land), 85.8 sq km (water)

White River Junction, VT (CDP, FIPS 83575) Location: 43.65011 N, 72.32339 W
Population (1990): 2521 (1232 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

New River Station, NC (CDP, FIPS 46930) Location: 34.70970 N, 77.44253 W
Population (1990): 9732 (447 housing units)
Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water)

North River Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 49750) Location: 27.22274 N, 80.27567 W
Population (1990): 3250 (1718 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)

Pearl River County, MS (county, FIPS 109) Location: 30.77042 N, 89.59246 W
Population (1990): 38714 (15793 housing units)
Area: 2101.9 sq km (land), 19.3 sq km (water)

Indian River Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 33585) Location: 27.36405 N, 80.31010 W
Population (1990): 4858 (1975 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Powder River County, MT (county, FIPS 75) Location: 45.38230 N, 105.63599 W
Population (1990): 2090 (1096 housing units)
Area: 8539.9 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)

Red River County, TX (county, FIPS 387) Location: 33.61841 N, 95.05101 W
Population (1990): 14317 (6650 housing units)
Area: 2720.1 sq km (land), 19.2 sq km (water)

Indian River Shores, FL (town, FIPS 33600) Location: 27.70572 N, 80.38249 W
Population (1990): 2278 (2294 housing units)
Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)

Hood River County, OR (county, FIPS 27) Location: 45.52262 N, 121.63972 W
Population (1990): 16903 (7569 housing units)
Area: 1353.0 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)

Indian River County, FL (county, FIPS 61) Location: 27.69784 N, 80.57897 W
Population (1990): 90208 (47128 housing units)
Area: 1303.4 sq km (land), 294.5 sq km (water)

Red River Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 81) Location: 32.09363 N, 93.33089 W
Population (1990): 9387 (3839 housing units)
Area: 1006.5 sq km (land), 35.0 sq km (water)

Deschutes River Woods, OR (CDP, FIPS 19020) Location: 43.99174 N, 121.35713 W
Population (1990): 2373 (945 housing units)
Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Carson River Valley, WA (CDP, FIPS 10325) Location: 45.73191 N, 121.81681 W
Population (1990): 1678 (709 housing units)
Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Thief River Falls, MN (city, FIPS 64570) Location: 48.11350 N, 96.17542 W
Population (1990): 8010 (3630 housing units)
Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Bear River City, UT (town, FIPS 3950) Location: 41.61442 N, 112.12315 W
Population (1990): 700 (200 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Deep River Center, CT (CDP, FIPS 19200) Location: 41.38158 N, 72.44005 W
Population (1990): 2520 (1064 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Sun River Terrace, IL (village, FIPS 73943) Location: 41.12648 N, 87.73460 W
Population (1990): 532 (182 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Shark River Hills, NJ (CDP, FIPS 66840) Location: 40.19365 N, 74.04825 W
Population (1990): 4228 (1561 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Black River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 7900) Location: 44.29871 N, 90.84700 W
Population (1990): 3490 (1547 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Fall River County, SD (county, FIPS 47) Location: 43.24548 N, 103.51636 W
Population (1990): 7353 (3692 housing units)
Area: 4506.4 sq km (land), 24.1 sq km (water)

Fox River Valley Gardens, IL (village, FIPS 27572) Location: 42.24437 N, 88.19492 W
Population (1990): 665 (259 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

River, KY Zip code(s): 41254

Palm River-Clair Mel, FL (CDP, FIPS 54387) Location: 27.93155 N, 82.38325 W
Population (1990): 13691 (4939 housing units)
Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Port St. Lucie-River Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 58726) Location: 27.32129 N, 80.33181 W
Population (1990): 4874 (2668 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Little River-Academy, TX (city, FIPS 43066) Location: 30.99130 N, 97.35187 W
Population (1990): 1390 (545 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Old River-Winfree, TX (town, FIPS 53824) Location: 29.87826 N, 94.82428 W
Population (1990): 1233 (370 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Piney River, VA Zip code(s): 22964

Rapid River, MI Zip code(s): 49878

Priest River, ID (city, FIPS 65530) Location: 48.18514 N, 116.91011 W
Population (1990): 1560 (699 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83856

Wise River, MT Zip code(s): 59762

Pistol River, OR Zip code(s): 97444

Pearl River, LA (town, FIPS 59445) Location: 30.37220 N, 89.74796 W
Population (1990): 1507 (669 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70452

Wood River, IL (city, FIPS 83271) Location: 38.86215 N, 90.08477 W
Population (1990): 11490 (4961 housing units)
Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62095

Pearl River, NY (CDP, FIPS 56902) Location: 41.06055 N, 74.00323 W
Population (1990): 15314 (5503 housing units)
Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 10965

Wood River, NE (city, FIPS 53660) Location: 40.82179 N, 98.59787 W
Population (1990): 1156 (454 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68883

Pine River, WI Zip code(s): 54965

Pine River, MN (city, FIPS 51280) Location: 46.72255 N, 94.39831 W
Population (1990): 871 (426 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56474

Willow River, MN (city, FIPS 70492) Location: 46.31999 N, 92.83669 W
Population (1990): 284 (152 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55795

White River, SD (city, FIPS 71340) Location: 43.56733 N, 100.74431 W
Population (1990): 595 (272 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57579

Rock River, WY (town, FIPS 67090) Location: 41.73120 N, 105.97273 W
Population (1990): 190 (128 housing units)
Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82083

Rocky River, OH (city, FIPS 68056) Location: 41.47305 N, 81.85426 W
Population (1990): 20410 (9691 housing units)
Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44116

Rogue River, OR (city, FIPS 63450) Location: 42.43579 N, 123.16715 W
Population (1990): 1759 (929 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97537

Russian River, CA Zip code(s): 94401

Saxtons River, VT (village, FIPS 62950) Location: 43.13893 N, 72.51128 W
Population (1990): 541 (242 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 05154

Smith River, CA Zip code(s): 95567

South River, NJ (borough, FIPS 69420) Location: 40.44525 N, 74.37840 W
Population (1990): 13692 (5269 housing units)
Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08882

Sun River, MT Zip code(s): 59483

Swan River, MN Zip code(s): 55784

Apple River, IL (village, FIPS 1673) Location: 42.50194 N, 90.09467 W
Population (1990): 414 (191 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61001

Tye River, VA Zip code(s): 22922

Wading River, NY (CDP, FIPS 77772) Location: 40.94706 N, 72.81990 W
Population (1990): 5317 (2142 housing units)
Area: 25.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11792

Wells River, VT (village, FIPS 78025) Location: 44.15136 N, 72.06585 W
Population (1990): 424 (191 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 05081

West River, MD Zip code(s): 20778

Roaring River, NC Zip code(s): 28669

Beaver River, NY Zip code(s): 13367

Deer River, MN (city, FIPS 15310) Location: 47.33595 N, 93.79399 W
Population (1990): 838 (392 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56636

Duck River, TN Zip code(s): 38454

Eagle River, AK Zip code(s): 99577

Eagle River, WI (city, FIPS 21625) Location: 45.92463 N, 89.25790 W
Population (1990): 1374 (706 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54521

Elk River, ID (city, FIPS 25120) Location: 46.78247 N, 116.18039 W
Population (1990): 149 (110 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83827

Elk River, MN (city, FIPS 18674) Location: 45.33259 N, 93.56577 W
Population (1990): 11143 (3887 housing units)
Area: 110.5 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55330

Fall River, KS (city, FIPS 22775) Location: 37.60841 N, 96.02848 W
Population (1990): 113 (87 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67047

Fall River, WI (village, FIPS 25150) Location: 43.38515 N, 89.04773 W
Population (1990): 842 (341 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53932

Forest River, ND (city, FIPS 27100) Location: 48.21712 N, 97.47001 W
Population (1990): 148 (69 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58233

Forked River, NJ (CDP, FIPS 24180) Location: 39.81382 N, 74.14749 W
Population (1990): 4243 (2325 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 19.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08731

Gold River, CA Zip code(s): 95670

Deep River, IA (city, FIPS 19495) Location: 41.58148 N, 92.37243 W
Population (1990): 345 (143 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52222

Deep River, CT Zip code(s): 06417

Beebe River, NH Zip code(s): 03223

Big River, CA (CDP, FIPS 6635) Location: 34.14010 N, 114.36055 W
Population (1990): 705 (794 housing units)
Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92242

Birch River, WV Zip code(s): 26610

Black River, MI Zip code(s): 48721

Black River, NY (village, FIPS 6794) Location: 44.00955 N, 75.79676 W
Population (1990): 1349 (523 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13612

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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River

Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. Reeve, v. t., River.] (Naut.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. --Totten.

Close reef, the last reef that can be put in.

Reef band. See Reef-band in the Vocabulary.

Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under Knot.

Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. --Totten.

Reef points, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail.

Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten.

To take a reef in, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar.

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River

Ri*pa"ri*an\, a. [L. riparius, fr. ripa a bank. See River, and cf. Arrive.] Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.

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River

Riv"er\, n. One who rives or splits.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

River

(1.) 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).

(2.) 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.)

(3.) 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).

(4.) Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course (1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20; Job 38:25; Ezek. 31:4).

(5.) 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).

(6.) 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).

(7.) Yubhal, "a river" (Jer. 17:8), a full flowing stream.

(8.) 'Ubhal, "a river" (Dan. 8:2).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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