downriver
Speech parts
1. downriver - Adjective
2. downriver - Adverb
3. Downriver - Proper noun
Meaning
away from the source or with the current
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Examples
Along with her friends Terry and Jinx and her alcoholic mother, Sue Ellen steals a raft and heads downriver to carry May Lynn's remains to Hollywood.
“An elegantly written tale that grips readers like a mighty current, guiding and taking them downriver toward the inevitable rocky ending and breathtaking plot twist in the novel’s final pages.”
Jellison, p. 160 In October 1775, the Gaspée went downriver, and her prisoners were transferred to the Adamant, which then sailed for England.
Major flood events London flood of 1928 main The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London on 7 January 1928, as well as places further downriver.
Comparison of individual PAH compounds with different thermal stabilities shows that the source of PAH pollution in the Clyde changes downriver.
He escaped (from Verkhnekamchatsk) and went downriver to Nizhnekamchatsk, but the local commander refused to step aside and give him command.