transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈri-vər ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius riparian, from ripa bank, shore; perhaps akin to Greek ereipein to tear down
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a natural stream of water of usually considerable volume
b. : watercourse
2.
a. : something resembling a river
a river of lava
b. plural : large or overwhelming quantities
drank river s of coffee
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- up the river