downriver

[ doun-riv-er ]

adverb, adjective
  1. with or in the direction of the current of a river: logs floating downriver.

Origin of downriver

1
First recorded in 1885–90; down1 + river1

Words Nearby downriver

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How to use downriver in a sentence

  • I scouted around amongst them, found a good canoe, took three black men and set out downriver.

    Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds | William La Varre
  • Umas-kwitšit-patše's people went back downriver to Selye'aye'-kumitše.

    Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. Kroeber
  • Once more, he looked at the iron cliffs opposite him, then glanced downriver.

    Millennium | Everett B. Cole
  • Before the sun had risen very high they had entered the mouth of Buffalo and were going downriver at a good pace.