Thames
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4.2
- proper noun
- /θɛmz/
:
Támesis
- A Jane Doe, found on the banks of the Thames.
- River Thames
But I've always seen and thought of the Thames as London.
- But I've always seen and thought of the Thames as London.
- I was once pushed into the Thames by Michael Bublé.
- Fast forward, he's on the Thames lobbing abuse at Nigel Farage about the EU.
- The next week, a man jumped into the Thames to try and save a woman that was drowning.
- If you walk on the Thames Embankment, do you realise that it's one of Basilgate's last final attempts to capture sewage before it reaches the river?
- You know, my sidekick is now doing all those boats in the Thames.
- There was a whale that was found in the River Thames affection.
- You in the UK are managing the River Thames herring fishing fisheries sustainably.
- But the original, original coat got thrown into the Thames River, and so no spoilers.
- We are within eyesight of the finish of the entire Thames.
- One week later a man drowns saving a woman jumping into the Thames.
- And every single time, like a turd in the Thames, he bobs to the surface.
- Then after Thames side, I went to a prison called the Mount in Hertfordshire.
- We've got a Weller and Crawford boat party planned, a boat boat party along the London River Thames.
- I first got going to a A and I my first ever job and it was a, it was a litter picker, a street sweeper in Kingston upon Thames, right?
- So I said doing what he said, come in tonight with me son, cut the sheet in and push all the A shot down the side the Thames.
Examples
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But I've always seen and thought of the Thames as London.
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The next week, a man jumped into the Thames to try and save a woman that was drowning.
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The Thames will take us right into the heart of London.
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On the banks of the Thames.
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I passed along the River Thames
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Arthur kept the Thames on his right, heading toward the great manors on the river's edge.
Fiction book (1993) -
Two or three tiny boats ferried passengers across the Thames, bobbing like toys on the water.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sky shone clear, but the wind slicing up the Thames was exceedingly sharp.
Fiction book (1990) -
At midnight, they're launching this huge display from a flotilla of barges on the Thames.
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The Thames flows through London, providing a picturesque view of the city.
Synonyms
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2.8
A long river in England that flows east through London to the North Sea
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2.7
A long river in England that flows east through London to the North Sea
Idioms
- Archaic
To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive
Compounds
- Literature
A nickname for London's financial area that suggests strong Russian money and influence
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thames comes from an old Celtic name, once written as Tamesis, which probably meant 'dark' or 'muddy river'. That picture of slow, deep water helps explain why the name stayed for the long river through London.