noun🔗ShareA 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."geographynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny large flow of a liquid in a single body."a river of blood"geographynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe last card dealt in a hand."The rivers in tonight's poker game were cruel; I kept getting bad cards on the final draw. "gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide."The editor noticed distracting rivers running through the essay, created by the badly justified paragraphs. "writinglanguageliteraturestyleappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."gamebetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne who rives or splits."The rivers of wood at the lumberyard were strong men, splitting logs for firewood. "personjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
