rill
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈril 
: a very small brook
rill
2 of 3verb
rilled; rilling; rills
intransitive verb
: to flow like a rill
rill
3 of 3noun (2)
ˈril
variants or rille
ˈril
ˈri-lə
: any of several long narrow valleys on the moon's surface
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- beck [British]
- bourn
- bourne
- brook
- brooklet
- burn [British]
- creek
- gill [British]
- rivulet
- run [chiefly Midland]
- runlet
- runnel
- streamlet
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Dutch ril or Low German rille; akin to Old English rīth rivulet
Noun (2)
German Rille, literally, channel made by a small stream, from Low German, rill
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1538, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1610, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1868, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
rill
noun
ˈril
: a very small stream
rills
noun
as in brooks
a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are a few tiny fish in the rill Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- brooks
- creeks
- rivulets
- streamlets
- runnels
- streams
- tributaries
- becks
- bourns
- canals
- runs
- bayous
- burns
- brooklets
- bournes
- freshets
- arroyos
- gills
- runoffs
- watercourses
- sloughs
- runlets
- freshes
- coulees
- washes
- billabongs
- waterways
- channels
- slews
- affluents
- distributaries
- races
- cutoffs
- slues
- branches
- influents
- millraces
- millstreams
- kills
- cuts
- confluents
- guts
