river
noun
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- natural watercourse
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪvə/ / /ˈɹaɪvɚ/ / /ˈɹɪvəː/ / [ˈɹʷɪvəː] / /ˈɾɪvəː/
name
Etymology: From river.
- A unisex given name.
“Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.”
“The Doctor: Oh, this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, and has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kinda do, a bit.”
- A surname.
- A place name:
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English rive English -er English river From rive + -er.
- One who rives or splits.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.
- 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.”