body of water vs river

body of water

noun
  • Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, of, water. 

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. 

  • The last card dealt in a hand. 

  • One who rives or splits. 

  • A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide. 

  • Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. 

verb
  • To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. 

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