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Definition of Downriver
1. Adverb. Away from the source or with the current.
Definition of Downriver
1. Adjective. Closer to the mouth of a river ¹
2. Adverb. Travelling in the direction of the river current. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downriver
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downriver
Literary usage of Downriver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblio-Cal Notes (1873)
"Bancroft, Engelhardt, Coues, and Bolton all based the downriver site on this and
it does seem logical. Professor Bolton, the eminent historian of the ..."
2. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard, Mary K. Burnham, Bill Burnham (2005)
"downriver Canoe Company, Indian Hollow Road (Route 613) in Ben- tonville, ...
A 10-minute drive from downtown Front Royal, downriver offers both day trips ..."
3. Date Rape Drugs: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of edited by Fred Upton (1999)
"Investigators from the Woodhaven Police Dept., another downriver community, ...
The Riverview Police Dept., an additional member of the downriver community, ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"There are heavy spring floods before that, and in late summer the wind begins to
howl up the river, making paddling downriver a bit of a nightmare. ..."
5. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878 by Robert W. Coakley (1996)
"Militia contingents were called out and posted at Cincinnati and Marietta, and
on 9 December they intercepted ten of Burr's boats headed downriver; ..."
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