a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
The river was navigable for 50 miles.
source: WordNet 3.0
One who rives or splits.
source: Webster 1913
A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
source: Webster 1913
verb
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
