Ouse
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
a river in NE England, in Yorkshire, flowing SE to the Humber. 57 miles (92 km) long.
a river in SE England, flowing S to the English Channel. 30 miles (48 km) long.
Words Nearby Ouse
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Ouse in a sentence
Imagine the resolve of Virginia Woolf filling her coat pockets with stones and walking straight into the River Ouse.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s Suicide | Cory MacLauchlin | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTKing Harald was lying in the Ouse when the host of the Earls swooped down against him.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonI 'aven't come to sharin' my butler's 'Ouse,' said Mrs Clay, bridling.
Sarah's School Friend | May BaldwinYour mon didna get t'our 'Ouse afore one o'clock, an' we wor on the way afore ha'f-past.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughIn the evening Marian was taking her accustomed walk along a beech avenue beside the Ouse.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-Gould
Just what I did, but 'e got worse, and the Organization lady said as we must go to the 'Ouse, or she'd have the cruelty man on us.
Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
British Dictionary definitions for Ouse
/ (uːz) /
Also called: Great Ouse a river in E England, rising in Northamptonshire and flowing northeast to the Wash near King's Lynn; for the last 56 km (35 miles) follows mainly artificial channels. Length: 257 km (160 miles)
a river in NE England, in Yorkshire, formed by the confluence of the Swale and Ure Rivers: flows southeast to the Humber. Length: 92 km (57 miles)
a river in S England, rising in Sussex and flowing south to the English Channel. Length: 48 km (30 miles)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse