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Meaning of river
noun
- A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea. Example: Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
- Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. Example: a river of blood
- The last card dealt in a hand.
- A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
verb
- To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. Example: Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.
noun
- One who rives or splits.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
How It Works
The tool cleans the input, compares it against a local English word list, and then tries to load definitions from a free dictionary source when available.