A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
Used in a Sentence
rhine
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rhine.
Editorial note
Thechnkcally, the Rhine flows to the North Sea over the 'Oude Rijn' (Old Rhine).
Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of rhine gathered in one view.
A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for rhine.
noun
A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
See also: rhein, rhine-river
noun
A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
See also: rhein, rhine-river
Example sentences
Thechnkcally, the Rhine flows to the North Sea over the 'Oude Rijn' (Old Rhine).
The Wikipedia page doesn't even show what fraction of the Rhine's water flows there because the river Rhine has been dammed of for centuries (since 1122.
There is a 1:1 billion scale planet path along the Rhine in Bonn.
As to the building of 75m high dikes: problem would be how one would get rid of the water of the Rhine and Meuse.
For history buffs from Europe, the experience of Germanicus (at least as recounted by Tacitus) in the swamps across the Rhine may have a similar implication.
I'm happy to see that some new 'modern lisp on x' projects are taking design cues from Clojure (See Rhine and now Pixie).
There's even a dish local to the Rhine area in Germany [1] that (used to, it is replaced by beef quite often by now) is based on horse meat.
My reasoning is this: if I remember correctly Greek government bonds were already trading at ~70% of their nominal values two or even three years ago (cannot check, currently on a train along the Rhine with very limited internet access).
I went to Normandy and photographed the graves of the seven men from his unit buried there and I visited the bridge over the Rhine he helped capture—my family has the Nazi flag that flew over the Bridge at Remagen, which he removed and replaced with the American flag.
Quote examples
Finally, some context for those who wonder why they haven't heard about "Europe’s busiest river": if you gave people a map showing the delta of Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt that doesn't show names of waterways and told them where the Rhine enters the Netherlands, I bet most would guess the Waal is where the Rhine flows because over 70% of the Rhine's water enters the Waal.
Proper noun examples
The issue is that global warming is expected to bring increased storms, and therefore larger floods coming into the Netherlands down the Rhine.
And then there was, according to the investigators nor the agent Vintage bounce points, mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Third, assume that the Soviets had punched through Germany; reached the Rhine; and pushed through into France.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use rhine in a sentence?
Thechnkcally, the Rhine flows to the North Sea over the 'Oude Rijn' (Old Rhine).
What does rhine mean?
A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
What part of speech is rhine?
rhine is commonly used as noun.