upriver
Definitions
adv
Towards the source of a river.
Against the current.
adj
Towards the source of a river.
Collocations
4ADJ.
used
VERB + UPRIVER
move
UPRIVER + NOUN
downriver, halkomelem, mink, navigation, story
PREP.
about, in
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — toward the source or against the current
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.
Tatoeba · #273225During 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 · #10614424I read the article "The Emergence of Determiner Clisis in Upriver Halkomelem."
Tatoeba · #10671683If First Nations interest you, maybe read the article "An Upriver Halkomelem Mink Story: Ethnopoetics and Discourse Analysis."
Tatoeba · #10673332There's a bridge about a kilometer upriver.
Tatoeba · #11858732According to the map, there should be a bridge about three miles upriver.
Tatoeba · #12120069