abbott lawrence lowell, battle of st mihiel, common st john's wort, creeping st john's wort, d. h. lawrence, david herbert lawrence, e. o. lawrence, edgard lawrence doctorow, ernest orlando lawrence, gertrude lawrence, great st john's wort, gulf of saint lawrence, gulf of st. lawrence, lawrence, lawrence durrell, lawrence george durrell, lawrence of arabia, lawrence peter berra, low st andrew's cross, saint lawrence, saint lawrence river, saint lawrence seaway, shrubby st john's wort, sir thomas lawrence, st andrews's cross, st bernard, st john's day, st john's eve, st john's night, st john's wort, st john's wort family, st joseph, st martin's day, st mihiel, st patrick's day, st peter's wort, st valentine's day, st. lawrence, st. lawrence river, st. lawrence seaway, t. e. lawrence, thomas edward lawrence, william lawrence shirer

   river(n = noun.object) - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
is a kind of stream, watercourse
is a part of water system
has parts: estuary, rapid, falls, waterfall
has particulars: aar, aare, aare river, acheron, river acheron, adige, river adige, aire, aire river, river aire, alabama, alabama river, allegheny, allegheny river, amazon, amazon river, amur, amur river, heilong, heilong jiang, angara, angara river, tunguska, upper tunguska, apalachicola, apalachicola river, araguaia, araguaia river, araguaya, araguaya river, aras, araxes, arauca, argun, argun river, ergun he, arkansas, arkansas river, arno, arno river, river arno, avon, river avon, upper avon, upper avon river, avon, river avon, bighorn, bighorn river, big sioux river, brahmaputra, brahmaputra river, brazos, brazos river, caloosahatchee, caloosahatchee river, cam, cam river, river cam, canadian, canadian river, cape fear river, chao phraya, charles, charles river, chattahoochee, chattahoochee river, cimarron, cimarron river, clinch river, clyde, cocytus, river cocytus, colorado, colorado river, colorado, colorado river, columbia, columbia river, congo, congo river, zaire river, connecticut, connecticut river, coosa, coosa river, cumberland, cumberland river, danau, danube, danube river, darling, darling river, delaware, delaware river, demerara, detroit river, dnieper, dnieper river, don, don river, ebro, ebro river, elbe, elbe river, elizabeth river, euphrates, euphrates river, flint, flint river, forth, forth river, fox river, ganges, ganges river, gan jiang, kan river, garonne, garonne river, gila, gila river, grand river, green, green river, housatonic, housatonic river, huang he, hwang ho, yellow river, hudson, hudson river, ijssel, ijssel river, illinois river, indigirka, indigirka river, indus, indus river, irrawaddy, irrawaddy river, irtish, irtish river, irtysh, irtysh river, isere, isere river, james, james river, james, james river, jordan, jordan river, kanawha, kanawha river, kansas, kansas river, kaw river, kasai, kasai river, river kasai, kissimmee, kissimmee river, klamath, klamath river, kura, kura river, lehigh river, lena, lena river, lethe, river lethe, crocodile river, limpopo, little bighorn, little bighorn river, little horn, little missouri, little missouri river, little sioux river, little wabash, little wabash river, loire, loire river, mackenzie, mackenzie river, madeira, madeira river, magdalena, magdalena river, mekong, mekong river, merrimack, merrimack river, meuse, meuse river, milk, milk river, mississippi, mississippi river, missouri, missouri river, mobile, mobile river, mohawk river, monongahela, monongahela river, moreau river, murray, murray river, murrumbidgee, murrumbidgee river, namoi, namoi river, nan, nan river, neckar, neckar river, neosho, neosho river, neva, neva river, new river, niagara, niagara river, niger, niger river, nile, nile river, niobrara, niobrara river, north platte, north platte river, ob, ob river, oder, oder river, ohio, ohio river, orange, orange river, orinoco, orinoco river, osage, osage river, ottawa, ottawa river, outaouais, ouachita, ouachita river, ouse, ouse river, parana, parana river, parnahiba, parnaiba, pearl river, pecos, pecos river, pee dee, pee dee river, penobscot, penobscot river, ping, ping river, platte, platte river, po, po river, potomac, potomac river, purus, purus river, rappahannock, rappahannock river, red, red river, republican, republican river, rhein, rhine, rhine river, rhone, rhone river, rio bravo, rio grande, ruhr, ruhr river, russian river, saale, saale river, sabine, sabine river, sacramento river, saint francis, saint francis river, st. francis, st. francis river, saint john, saint john river, st. john, st. john river, saint johns, saint johns river, st. johns, st. johns river, saint lawrence, saint lawrence river, st. lawrence, st. lawrence river, salmon, salmon river, sambre, sambre river, san joaquin river, sao francisco, saone, saone river, savannah, savannah river, scheldt, scheldt river, seine, seine river, river severn, severn, severn river, severn, severn river, seyhan, seyhan river, chari, chari river, shari, shari river, shenandoah river, snake, snake river, south platte, south platte river, river styx, styx, sun river, surinam river, suriname river, susquehanna, susquehanna river, tagus, tagus river, tallapoosa, tallapoosa river, tennessee, tennessee river, river thames, thames, thames river, tevere, tiber, tigris, tigris river, tocantins, tocantins river, tombigbee, tombigbee river, river trent, trent, trent river, trinity river, lower tunguska, tunguska, stony tunguska, tunguska, river tyne, tyne, tyne river, uruguay river, vetluga, vetluga river, vistula, vistula river, volga, volga river, volkhov, volkhov river, volta, wabash, wabash river, weser, weser river, white, white river, willamette, willamette river, wisconsin, wisconsin river, yalu, yalu river, chang, chang jiang, changjiang, yangtze, yangtze kiang, yangtze river, yazoo, yazoo river, yellowstone, yellowstone river, yenisei, yenisei river, yenisey, yenisey river, yukon, yukon river, zambezi, zambezi river, canton river, chu kiang, pearl river, zhu jiang

   One who rives or splits. [1913 Webster]

1.  A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook. [1913 Webster]
"Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow." [1913 Webster]

2.  Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. [1913 Webster]

   To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

river, n.
1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc.
2 a copious flow (a river of lava; rivers of blood).
3 (attrib.) (in the names of animals, plants, etc.) living in or associated with the river.

Idiom:
river blindness a tropical disease of the skin caused by a parasitic worm, the larvae of which can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. river capture the diversion of the upper headwaters of a mountain stream into a more powerful one. sell down the river colloq. betray or let down.

Derivative:
rivered adj. (also in comb.). riverless adj.

Etymology:
ME f. AF river, rivere, OF riviere river or river-bank ult. f. L riparius f. ripa bank

N  river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along, river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

aare river, aire river, alabama river, allegheny river, amazon river, amur river, angara river, apalachicola river, araguaia river, araguaya river, argun river, arkansas river, arno river, battle of granicus river, big sioux river, bighorn river, brahmaputra river, brazos river, caloosahatchee river, cam river, canadian river, canton river, cape fear river, chari river, charles river, chattahoochee river, cimarron river, clinch river, colorado river, colorado river hemp, columbia river, congo river, connecticut river, coosa river, crocodile river, cumberland river, danube river, darling river, delaware river, detroit river, dnieper river, don river, east river, ebro river, elbe river, elizabeth river, euphrates river, flint river, forth river, fox river, ganges river, garonne river, gila river, grand river, green river, harlem river, housatonic river, hudson river, hudson river school, ijssel river, illinois river, indigirka river, indus river, irrawaddy river, irtish river, irtysh river, isere river, james river, jordan river, kan river, kanawha river, kansas river, kasai river, kaw river, klamath river, kura river, lehigh river, lena river, little bighorn river, little missouri river, little sioux river, little wabash river, loire river, mackenzie river, madeira river, magdalena river, marne river, mekong river, merrimack river, metaurus river, meuse river, milk river, mississippi river, missouri river, mobile river, mohawk river, monongahela river, moreau river, murray river, murrumbidgee river, namoi river, nan river, neckar river, neosho river, neva river, new river, new river gorge bridge, niagara river, niger river, nile river, niobrara river, north platte river, ob river, oder river, ohio river, orange river, orinoco river, osage river, ottawa river, ouachita river, ouse river, para river, parana river, pearl river, pecos river, pee dee river, penobscot river, ping river, plata river, platte river, platte river penstemon, po river, potomac river, purus river, rappahannock river, red river, republican river, rhine river, rhone river, river acheron, river adige, river aire, river arno, river avon, river basin, river birch, river blindness, river boat, river bottom, river boulder, river cam, river cocytus, river cooter, river dolphin, river gum, river horse, river kasai, river lethe, river limpet, river otter, river pear, river prawn, river red gum, river severn, river shad, river styx, river thames, river trent, river tyne, ruhr river, russian river, saale river, sabine river, sacramento river, saint francis river, saint john river, saint johns river, saint lawrence river, salmon river, sambre river, san joaquin river, saone river, savannah river, scheldt river, seine river, severn river, seyhan river, shari river, shenandoah river, snake river, somme river, south platte river, st. francis river, st. john river, st. johns river, st. lawrence river, sun river, surinam river, suriname river, susquehanna river, swan river daisy, swan river everlasting, tagus river, tallapoosa river, tennessee river, thames river, tidal river, tidewater river, tigris river, tocantins river, tombigbee river, trent river, trinity river, tyne river, upper avon river, uruguay river, vetluga river, vistula river, volga river, volkhov river, wabash river, weser river, white river, willamette river, wisconsin river, yalu river, yangtze river, yazoo river, yellow river, yellowstone river, yenisei river, yenisey river, yukon river, zaire river, zambezi river