English-Thai Dictionary

tributary

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น สาย ย่อย ของ แม่น้ำ  minor subsidiary supplementary main principal sueng-pen-sai-yoii-kong-mea-nam

 

tributary

N แม่น้ำ สาย ย่อย  สาขา ของ แม่น้ำ  แคว  mea-nam-sai-yoi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIBUTARY

a.[from tribute. ] Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. The republic of Ragusa is tributary to the grand seignor. Many of the powers of Europe are tributary to the Barbary states. 1. Subject; subordinate.
He, to grace his tributary gods--
2. Paid in tribute.
No flatt'ry tunes these tributary lays.
3. Yielding supplies of any thing. The Ohio has many large tributary streams; and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

 

TRIBUTARY

n.One 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. What a reproach to nations that they should be the tributaries of Algiers!

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRIBUTARY

Trib "u *ta *ry, a. Etym: [OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L.tributarius. See Tribute. ]

 

1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. [Julius ] unto Rome made them tributary. Chaucer.

 

2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. He to grace his tributary gods. Milton.

 

3. Paid in tribute. "Tributary tears. " Shak.

 

4. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc. ; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

 

TRIBUTARY

Trib "u *ta *ry, n.; pl. Tributaries (.

 

1. 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.

 

2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tributary

trib u tar y |ˈtribyəˌterē ˈtrɪbjəˌtɛri | ▶noun ( pl. tributaries ) 1 a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake: the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi. 2 historical a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler: tributaries of the Ottoman empire. ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Latin tributarius, from tributum (see tribute ). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tributary

tributary |ˈtrɪbjʊt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. tributaries ) 1 a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake: the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi. 2 historical a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler: tributaries of the Ottoman Empire. ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Latin tributarius, from tributum (see tribute ). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tributary

tributary noun the countless tributaries of the mighty Mississippi: headwater, creek, branch, fork, feeder, side stream, side channel, snye.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tributary

tributary noun a tributary of the Mississippi: headwater, branch, feeder, side stream; N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ creek; technical influent; rare confluent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tributary

trib u tar y /trɪ́bjətèri |-t (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C 1 (川の )支流 .2 «…に » 貢ぎ物を納める人 [国 ]; «…の » 属国 «to » .形容詞 1 支流の .2 貢ぎ物として納められた .3 «…に » 貢ぎ物を納める ; 従属する «to » .4 貢献する .