Rill
[rɪl]
Definition
(n.) A very small brook; a streamlet.
(n.) See Rille.
(v. i.) To run a small stream.
Typist: Rosanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Streamlet, rivulet, runnel, small brook.
Checker: Velma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Streamlet, brook, brooklet, creek, rivulet
ANT:River, large_stream
Editor: Natasha
Definition
n. a small murmuring brook: a streamlet.—v.i. to flow in small streams.—ns. Rill′et (Tenn.) a rivulet a little rill; Rill′-mark a marking produced by the oozing of water on sand.
Editor: Tess
Examples
- Hence he determined to abandon himself to the stream of feeling, and perhaps was surprised to find what an exceedingly shallow rill it was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Let but a flute Play 'neath the fine-mixed metal listen close Till the right note flows forth, a silvery rill. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Soon a rill of clear oil trickled from the carcases, whereupon Clym dipped the corner of his handkerchief into the liquid and anointed the wound. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- On a rainy day, even in a gently undulating country, we see the effects of subaerial degradation in the muddy rills which flow down every slope. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Typist: Natalie