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# riverside

«riverside» in Mova's school dictionary: **the land along or near a river** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the riverside); adjective (riverside: a riverside path)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The riverside is the land along or near a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#m1)

2) Riverside (before a noun) describes something next to a river: a riverside walk, a riverside café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Geography and town maps: many towns grew up by the riverside because rivers gave water, food and transport. Everyday life: riverside walks, riverside parks. Phrases: by the riverside, a riverside walk, riverside path.

### examples

- We walked along the riverside path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x1)
- They live in a riverside cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x2)
- The town fair was held by the riverside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x3)
- Many old cities were built on the riverside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x4)
- A heron stood by the riverside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x5)
- We ate lunch at a riverside café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x6)
- “Now,” said the Scarecrow to the Tin Woodman, “you must go to those trees by the riverside and make a truck that will carry the Lion.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/#x7)

### note

One word. «Riverside» is the area near the river; «riverbank» is the actual edge. Often used like an adjective before a noun.

### In the corpora

- [In Yellowstone Park, returning wolves reduced the number of deer and the riverside trees grew back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/30-balance-in-food-webs/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «riverside» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverside/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.