Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 240 km (150 mi) long, rising in south-central England and meandering east and northeast to the Wash, an inlet of the North Sea.
- A river, about 100 km (60 mi) long, of northeast England flowing southeast to join the Trent River and form the Humber River. It is an important commercial waterway.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
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Examples
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York is situated on the Ouse River about forty miles from sea; it is the seat of an archbishopric, the second in England and contains the famous Minster.
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The Ego Trick by philosophy's most waspish thinker, Julian Baggini, to a lingeringly lyrical account of walking the length of the Ouse River - haunted by the shade of Virginia Woolf, who drowned herself in its waters.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The Ego Trick by philosophy's most waspish thinker, Julian Baggini, to a lingeringly lyrical account of walking the length of the Ouse River - haunted by the shade of Virginia Woolf, who drowned herself in its waters.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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So far, a dozen unlicensed farmers on the lower Ouse River have agreed to caps, however the government is still working on how to guarantee the supply.
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