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in Craigie.
rivalry n. competition, competitiveness, contention, vying; dispute,
feud, feuding, conflict, struggle, strife, controversy,
dissension, discord, difference(s): Once again the two local
teams meet in a rivalry that has been traditional for over a
century. It appeared unlikely that the rivalry between the
brothers would be settled amicably.
river n. 1 watercourse, branch, tributary, stream, waterway, estuary,
rivulet, creek, brook, streamlet, runnel, rill, Scots and No.
Eng. burn, Brit beck, US kill: We used to sail our toy boats on
the river here when I was a lad. 2 stream, flood, torrent,
quantity, cataract, flow, cascade: Rivers of sweat poured down
me as I toiled in the humid heat of the jungle.
riveting adj. spellbinding, engrossing, hypnotic, hypnotizing,
transfixing, fascinating, enthralling, gripping, captivating,
absorbing: The programme was absolutely riveting - one of the
best I have ever seen.
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road n. 1 way, means, approach, route, procedure, technique, method,
passage, street, avenue, course, track, entr‚e, access,
direction: Our researchers arrived at the identical results via
a completely different road. 2 thoroughfare, way, byway,
highway, roadway, high road, low road, avenue, boulevard,
street, lane, alley(way), Brit motorway, carriageway, US
turnpike, expressway, freeway, parkway, throughway or thruway,
German Autobahn, Italian autostrada, French autoroute, Colloq US
pike: The roads are jammed with traffic on Sunday evenings
during the summer.
roam v. wander, rove, ramble, range, walk, drift, dally, dawdle,
cruise, stroll, amble, meander, saunter, stray, prowl,
perambulate, travel, voyage, peregrinate, circumambulate,
traipse, gallivant, jaunt, Colloq mosey, swan: They spent a
year roaming about the continent, staying wherever they pleased.
roar v. 1 bellow, thunder; howl, bawl, squall, cry, yell, yowl; bay,