River Definition
rĭvər
rivers
noun
A natural stream of water larger than a creek and emptying into an ocean, a lake, or another river.
Webster's New World
Any similar or plentiful stream or flow.
A river of lava.
Webster's New World
The fifth and last of the community cards in Texas hold'em.
American Heritage
A person or thing that rives.
Webster's New World
verb
To win a hand in poker by beating (someone) on the basis of the last community card that is turned up.
American Heritage
(poker) 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.
Wiktionary
idiom
up the river
- In or into prison.
American Heritage
sell down the river
- to betray, deceive, abuse, etc.
Webster's New World
up the river
- to or confined in a penitentiary
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to River
Origin of River
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From Anglo-Norman rivere, from Old French riviere, from Vulgar Latin *riparia (“riverbank, seashore, river"), from Latin riparius (“of a riverbank"), from riparia (“shore"), from ripa (“river bank"), from Proto-Indo-European *rei- (“to scratch, tear, cut").
From Wiktionary
Middle English rivere from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin rīpāria from Latin feminine of rīpārius of a bank from rīpa bank
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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rive +"Ž -er
From Wiktionary
From river.
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