What does rivulet mean?
Rivulet means A small stream; a streamlet; a gill..
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/ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/ · noun
A small stream; a streamlet; a gill..
A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind—
The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.
Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets.
Use rivulet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rivulet means A small stream; a streamlet; a gill..
Common synonyms include rill, run, runnel, streamlet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
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