Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
- noun A ruler or nation that pays tribute.
- adjective Making additions or yielding supplies; contributory.
- adjective Paid in tribute.
- adjective Paying tribute.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Paying tribute; taxed or assessed by tribute.
- Of the nature of tribute; paid or due as tribute.
- Bringing accretions, supplies, aid, or the like; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; specifically, of streams, affluent.
- noun A person or a state that pays tribute; one who or that which pays a stated sum to a conquering power, in acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of peace, security, and protection.
- noun In geography, an affluent; a river or other body of water which contributes its stream to another river, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.
- noun A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
- adjective Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
- adjective Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
- adjective Paid in tribute.
- adjective Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
river that flows into a larger river or other body of water. - noun A nation, state, or other entity that pays
tribute . - adjective Related to the paying of
tribute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective paying tribute
- noun a branch that flows into the main stream
- adjective (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
- adjective tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the spring and fall, bass tend to chase baitfish more actively, and whenever you encounter any type of surface activity, especially in tributary creeks, you're usually close to bass.
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After due deliberation we decided that the best place to ford was a short distance above the junction of a tributary from the other side and opposite a sandbar which divided the river.
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Assyria (compare Ho 7: 11), as Israel lately had done (2Ki 17: 4), after having revolted from Assyria, to whom they had been tributary from the times of Menahem (2Ki 15: 19).
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From Wikipedia: A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem (or parent) river.
2009 October MG Siegler 2005
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From Wikipedia: A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem (or parent) river.
With Open Graph, Facebook Sets Out To Make The Entire Web Its Tributary System MG Siegler 2005
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Although the Angara is five times as large as the Yenisei, it is called a tributary of the latter.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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The fourth side of the enceinte stands on a solid rock, above the little river that loses itself in the flat-lands bordering the Gironde, so that it can scarce be called a tributary of that wide water.
The Last Hope Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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Gironde, so that it can scarce be called a tributary of that wide water.
The Last Hope Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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It is a small town of about two thousand inhabitants, crowded up against the mountains, at the end of a little valley through which runs a mountain stream of the same name tributary to the Rio Grande.
The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Henry Inman 1868
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Some still refer to this archipelago by its original name, the Ryukyu Islands, a kingdom that maintained so-called tributary relationships with China and Japan hundreds of years ago.
Thestar.com - Home Page C. James Dale 2011
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