A body of flowing water; a river, stream, usually, a large river. Obsolete exc. poetic. †against the flood: against the stream.
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释义 | the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > [noun] > river (22) floodc825 A body of flowing water; a river, stream, usually, a large river. Obsolete exc. poetic. †against the flood: against the stream. streamc875 A course of water flowing continuously along a bed on the earth, forming a river, rivulet, or brook. eaeOE A river; a body of running water; spec. (in the Fens, frequently in form eau), a drainage canal. water streamOE A stream or current of water; a river; a brook. Also (in early use): a flood. flumec1175 A stream, a river; also, water. Obsolete. fleamc1300 A stream, river. Chiefly in flem Jordan = Latin flumen Jordanis. Obsolete. riverc1300 A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another, usually larger, stream of the same kind. currentc1380 That which runs or flows, a stream; spec. a portion of a body of water, or of air, etc. moving in a definite direction. reea1500 A stream, a brook; a river. ford1563 (a) A tract of shallow water. (b) Used (like Latin vadum) for: The sea (rare). (c) poetic. A stream, current (primarily with reference to passage)… fluent1598 A stream, a current of water. Obsolete. draught1601 A current, stream, flow. nymph1605 Extended uses. literary and poetic. A stream, a river. Obsolete. amnic1623 A river. rare. flux1637 A flowing stream, a flood. nullah1656 A watercourse, river-bed, or ravine; a drain or channel for rain- or floodwater. Cf. khor, n. R1692 Of various English words. In form R. River. currency1758 The fact or condition of flowing, flow; course; concrete a current, stream. Obsolete. rare. silent highway1841 a navigable river or canal. Subcategories:— state of being (1) — view of (1) — capacity for fertilizing ground (1) |
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