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downriver

adj

Etymology

From down- + river.

  1. derived from *h₁reyp-✻ — “to scratch, tear, cut”
  2. derived from rīpa — “river bank”
  3. derived from rīpārius — “of a riverbank”
  4. derived from rīpāria — “littoral, riverbank”
  5. derived from riviere
  6. inherited from ryver
  7. prefixed as downriver — “down + river”

Definitions

  1. Closer to the mouth of a river

    • My house is downriver to his.

  2. Travelling in the direction of the river current.

    • It is easier to paddle downriver.

  3. A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit,…

    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 Ile Township, Huron Charter Township, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven and, Wyandotte.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downriver. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA