river

«river» in Mova's school dictionary: a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (river, rivers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A river is a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a lake, another river or the sea. tree →

2) A river of something is a large flowing amount: a river of lava, rivers of tears. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in the story; length of a river, distance across it, speed of the current or of a boat; going with or against the current. In science and geography: the source, the mouth, tributaries, erosion, the water cycle; long rivers like the Mississippi, the Thames, the Shannon, the Murray. In safety: rivers can be deep and fast; swim only in safe, watched places. In stories: a raft trip down the river.

examples

• The river is 120 km long. tree →
• A boat travels 20 miles up the river. tree →
• The bridge over the river is 300 meters. tree →
• How long does it take to cross the river? tree →
• The river flows into the sea. tree →
• The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland. tree →
• The river carries sand and mud downstream. tree →
• Never swim in a river without an adult. tree →
• We floated on a raft down the river. tree →
• It will become a wide, wide river. tree →

note

Usually a place; gives distances. Trap: going with or against the current changes a boat's speed (with the current: add the current's speed; against: subtract). Rivers flow downhill from source to mouth. Names of rivers take «the» and a capital: the Thames.

In the corpora

• American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.
• Dams on rivers, roads, new buildings and the loss of resting places along the way all make migration harder today.
• Chinese water dragons live beside rivers, jump into water when scared and can stay under for around 25 minutes.
• The Amazon carries about a fifth of all the river water that flows into the world's seas.
• Caimans rarely attack big grown capybaras, which are too big and alert, and the two often share river banks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «river» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.