river
To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker gameTo improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
» Our school is across the river.
Наша школа находится за рекой. — Hellerick
Наша школа знаходиться на тому боці річки. — ChickenKiev
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1 sensesTo 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.
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
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
rivers, rivering, rivered, riveredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
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