"upriver" meaning in English

See upriver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: further upriver [comparative], furthest upriver [superlative]
Etymology: From up- + river. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|river}} up- + river Head templates: {{en-adj|further}} upriver (comparative further upriver, superlative furthest upriver)
  1. Towards the source of a river. Synonyms: upstream Related terms: up the creek without a paddle, up the river
    Sense id: en-upriver-en-adj-KNAL~2zt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with up-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 23 3 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 87 13 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 54 36 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 19 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 78 14 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up-river

Adverb

Etymology: From up- + river. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|river}} up- + river Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} upriver (not comparable)
  1. Towards the source of a river. Tags: not-comparable Translations (towards the source of a river): stroomopwaarts (Dutch), 川上 (kawakami) (Japanese), узводно (uzvodno) (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-upriver-en-adv-KNAL~2zt Disambiguation of 'towards the source of a river': 100 0
  2. Against the current. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-upriver-en-adv-EfBrYHTH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up-river
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