Sekirov Dictionary

river

UK /ˈɹɪvə/US /ˈɹɪvɚ/

noun 4
verb 1
/ˈɹaɪvɚ/ noun 1
forms 3
phrases 4

noun4

•
a large mass of water that runs down from higher land, often ending in the sea or a lake
- Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
•
The last card dealt in a hand.
- He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river. — 2017
A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

verb1

•
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.

river

UK /ˈɹaɪvə/US /ˈɹaɪvɚ/

noun1

One who rives or splits.

forms

rivered · rivering · rivers

Phrases with river

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