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      river
      noun
      A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
      Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
      (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.
      (typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
      One who rives or splits.
      A unisex given name.
      A place name:
      A suburban village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2943).
      A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9322).
      A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
      (rare) A surname.
      verb
      (poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
      Roots
      ripariusriv- · Latin · riverbank
      Synonyms for river
      creeknwatercoursenwaterwaynrivuletnestuarynbrooknstreamnstreamletnrunnelnbrookletn
      Words related to river
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      Where does river come from?

      The word river breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root riv-, from Latin riparius (“riverbank”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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