2syllables
river
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river is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, river is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofriver
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- 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."
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