river
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from…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.
» Our school is across the river.
Наша школа находится за рекой.
Наша школа знаходиться на тому боці річки.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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.
Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
Fluss, Strom
река́reká, ре́чкаréčka
ріка́riká, рі́чкаríčka
Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
a river of blood
Strom
река́reká
ріка́riká
The last card dealt in a hand.
A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
Gießbach
коридорkoridor
One who rives or splits.
- a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
Examples
2088 sentencesOur school is across the river.
Наша школа знаходиться на тому боці річки. — ChickenKiev
ruНаша школа находится за рекой. — Hellerick
The river runs through the valley.
Річка тече через долину. — deniko
ruРека течет по долине. — sharptoothed
deDer Fluss fließt durch das Tal. — MikeMolto
This river runs through my village.
Ця річка тече через моє село. — deniko
ruЭта река течёт через мою деревню. — Arkadeko
deDieser Fluss fließt durch mein Dorf. — Tamy
I crossed the river by boat.
Я переправився через річку на човні. — deniko
ruЯ переправился через реку на лодке. — sharptoothed
deIch überquerte den Fluss per Schiff. — al_ex_an_der
I enjoyed swimming in the river.
Мені сподобалося плавати в річці. — deniko
ruЯ наслаждался плаванием в реке. — odexed
deEs hat mir Spaß gemacht, im Fluss zu schwimmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“lFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: riversSynonyms
57 synonymsWord family
144 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- across the river
- in the river
- cross the river
- in this river
- near the river
- across this river
- along the river
- into the river
- of the river
- down the river
- to the river
- this river is