river

6 definitions • 8 examples

a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake, or another river:

We sailed slowly down the river.

used before or after the name of a river:

the River Thames/Seine/Nile

the Hudson/Mississippi/Yangzte River

in the opposite direction to the flow of water in the river:

We sailed up river.

in the same direction as the flow of water in the river:

We set off down the river.

water that flows naturally through a wide channel that is surrounded by land:

the Mississippi River

We went swimming in the river.

A river is also any large flow of a liquid:

Rivers of sweat ran down his back.