river
/ˈrɪvə/
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Translation
A long line of water that moves across the land to the sea.
Word origin
From Latin riparia, meaning the bank of a body of water, which came into English through Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- riparia
Grammar
Gender
Pluralrivers
Examples
through .
Here "river" is the long line of moving water.
.
"River" is the water where the fish stay.
flow .
"Rivers" is the plural, meaning more than one river.
A river is a long line of water that moves slowly across the land. It starts high up, often in the mountains, and flows all the way to the sea. Fish and other animals live in rivers, and people use them to travel and to get water.
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