River (Water in motion)
Nouns
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running water. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush
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sluice. water spout, water fall
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cascade, force, foss
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lin, linn
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ghyll, Niagara
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cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm
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debacle, inundation, deluge
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chute, washout. rain, rainfall
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serein
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shower, scud
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downpour
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driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst
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hyetology, hyetography
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predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin
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mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash
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dropping etc. v.
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falling weather
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northeaster, hurricane, typhoon. stream, course, flux, flow, profluence
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effluence etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
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defluxion
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flowing etc. v.
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current, tide, race, coulee. spring, artesian well, fount, fountain
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rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet
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streamlet, brooklet
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branch [U.S.]
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runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river
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reach, tributary. geyser, spout, waterspout. body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash
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spring tide, high tide, full tide
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bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre
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fresh, freshet
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indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow
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confluence, corrivation. wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple
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beach comber, riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps
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rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea. [Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics
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hydraulics, hydraulicostatics
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rain gauge, flowmeter
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pegology. irrigation etc. (water) Water
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pump
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watering pot, watering cart
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hydrant, syringe
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garden hose, lawn spray
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bhisti, mussuk.
Verbs
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flow, run
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meander
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gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue
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drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate
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stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash
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guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate
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ooze, flow out etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress. rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks
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pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in
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mizzle. flow into, fall into, open into, drain into
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discharge itself, disembogue. [Cause a flow] pour
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pour out etc. (discharge) [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
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shower down, irrigate, drench etc. (wet) Water
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spill, splash. [Stop a flow] stanch
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dam, up etc. (close) Closure
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obstruct etc. Hindrance.
Adjectives
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fluent
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diffluent, profluent, affluent
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tidal
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flowing etc. v.
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meandering, meandry, meandrous
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fluvial, fluviatile
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streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous
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stillatitious.
Phrases
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that old man river, he just keeps rolling that old man river, he just keeps rolling along" [Showboat].