Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - river
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River
river
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ~e, 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 ~ a ~ of lava b. plural large or overwhelming quantities drank ~s of coffee
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n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 a copious flow (a river of lava; rivers of blood). 3 (attrib.) (in the names of animals, plants, etc.) living in or associated with the river. Phrases and idioms river blindness a tropical disease of the skin caused by a parasitic worm, the larvae of which can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. river capture the diversion of the upper headwaters of a mountain stream into a more powerful one. sell down the river colloq. betray or let down. Derivatives rivered adj. (also in comb.). riverless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF river, rivere, OF riviere river or river-bank ult. f. L riparius f. ripa bank ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) река 2) метал. "речной узор" (на поверхности разрушения) river at grade — река с установившимся продольным профилем - accordant river - adolescent river - alluvial river - back river - bank-full river - beheaded river - braided river - continental river - divagative river - drowned river - effluent river - floatable river - free-flow river - full-blown river - grade river - head river - influent river - intermittent river - locked river - lowland river - mature river - meandering river - mountain river - navigable river - old river - open river - overflow river - overloaded river - ozone river - perennial river - principal river - sluggish river - snow-fed river - spilling river - submountain river - tidal river - tideless river - unnavigable river - untrained river - upper river - walker river - young river ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) поток 2) река 3) речка 4) речной river control structure — геол. сооружение выправительное - meandering river - mountain river - peneplain river - plains river - river arm - river basin - river craft - river drift - river embankment - river pollution - river run-off - river transport ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. река transboundary rivers —- реки, протекающие на территории нескольких государств river line —- водный рубеж; водная преграда river barrier —- воен. водная преграда, водный рубеж river crossing —- воен. форсирование реки, преодоление водного рубежа to cross the river —- переправиться через реку; преодолеть препятствие; умереть 2. поток a river of lava —- поток лавы Id: to follow (to get on) the river —- ам. получить работу в речном порту или на речном судне; стать речником Id: to go down the river —- ам. ист. быть проданным на юг (о неграх-рабах) Id: to sell smb. down the river —- ам. ист. продать на юг; продать в рабство; предать кого-л. Id: to send up the river —- ам. сл. упечь (засадить) в тюрьму ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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bank noun речной берег RIVER noun 1) река; поток; - cross the river 2) attr. речной Syn: see stream ...Англо-русский словарь
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(rivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A river is a large amount of fresh water flowing continuously in a long line across the land. ...a chemical works on the banks of the river. ...boating on the River Danube. N-COUNT: oft in names before n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a natural and continuous flow of water in a long line across a country into the sea (the Mississippi River | We swam to a large rock in the middle of the river. | river bank (=the land at the side of a river)) (We ate our lunch on the river bank. | mouth of the river (=where a river joins the sea) | up river (=in the opposite direction from the way the river is flowing)) (a ship sailing up river | down river (=in the same direction as the way the river is flowing)) 2 a large amount of moving liquid + of (a river of hot lava flowing from the volcano) (- see also sell sb down the river sell1 (12)) river basin ~ n an area from which all the water flows into the same river ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1225, from O.Fr. riviere, from V.L. *riparia "riverbank, seashore, river," noun use of fem. of L. riparius "of a riverbank," from ripa "(steep) bank of a river, shore." Related to It. Riviera, lit. "bank, shore." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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