downriver

adj 1adv 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

easier, soaked

VERB + DOWNRIVER

boating, go, got, house

DOWNRIVER + NOUN

halkomelem, navigation, salishan

ADV.

only

Definitions

adj

Closer to the mouth of a river

My house is downriver to his.

adv

Travelling in the direction of the river current.

It is easier to paddle downriver.

name

A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River covering 18 municipalities, Allen Park, Brownstown Charter Township, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse

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Synonyms

adverb — away from the source or with the current

downstream

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

My house is downriver to his.

Wiktionary

It is easier to paddle downriver.

Wiktionary

I got soaked boating downriver.

Tatoeba · #273171

During the 1800’s, keelboats were used for both upriver and downriver navigation, propelled using either oars or poles, while flatboats could only go downriver.

Tatoeba · #10614424

Lulu Island in ancient times was in the territory of downriver Halkomelem, a Salishan Amerindian language. Much of Lulu Island was mud.

Tatoeba · #10668489

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