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Definition of "tributary" []
- Making additions or yielding supplies; contributory. (adjective)
- Paid in tribute. (adjective)
- Paying tribute: a tributary colony. (adjective)
- A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water. (noun)
- A ruler or nation that pays tribute. (noun)
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Use "tributary" in a sentence
- "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."
- "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."
- "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)."