rivers
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/ˈɹɪvəz/
English
Definitions
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.“Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.”
- Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.“a river of blood”
- 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.
verb
- To 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.”
noun
- One who rives or splits.
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