"upstream" meaning in English

See upstream in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstream.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-upstream.wav [US] Forms: farther [comparative], further upstream [comparative], farthest [superlative], furthest upstream [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: up- + stream Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|stream}} up- + stream Head templates: {{en-adj|farther|further}} upstream (comparative farther or further upstream, superlative farthest or furthest upstream)
  1. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver. Translations (in a direction opposite to flow): উজানে (ujane) (Bengali), iraya (Bikol Central), срещу течението (sreštu tečenieto) (Bulgarian), ရေဆန် (rehcan) (Burmese), contra corrent (Catalan), 上游 (soeng⁶ jau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 上游 (shàngyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), opstrøms (Danish), à contre-courant (French), à contre-mont (French), stromaufwärts (German), 上游 (song-yù) (Hakka Chinese), ऊपर को (ūpar ko) (Hindi), in aghaidh srutha (Irish), 川上 (kawakami) (Japanese), hulu (Malay), whakarunga (Maori), вверх по течению (vverkh po techeniyu) (Russian), aguas arriba (Spanish), a contracorriente (Spanish), río arriba (Spanish), akıntıya karşı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:literally__of_a_flow_of_fluid Disambiguation of 'in a direction opposite to flow': 47 4 31 9 6 3
  2. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
    (oil industry) Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:figuratively__in_general Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 3 15 8 17 10 8 3 11 13 4 8
  3. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
    (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:figuratively__in_general1 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
    (open-source software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:figuratively__in_general1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English locatives, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 12 22 16 8 6 2 12 1 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 11 12 26 14 8 6 2 10 2 7 Disambiguation of English locatives: 1 12 7 29 12 7 5 5 13 2 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 3 15 8 17 10 8 3 11 13 4 8
  5. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
    (biology) Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Biology Translations (Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule): opstrøms (Danish), en amont (French), gén előtt (Hungarian), 5’ irányban (Hungarian), a monte (Italian), à montante (Portuguese), corriente arriba (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:figuratively__in_general1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule": 1 8 6 11 69 4
  6. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adj-en:figuratively__in_general1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: upstream loan Translations (upwards): stroomopwaarts (Dutch), amont (French), montant (French), a monte (Italian), montante (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'upwards': 12 18 18 18 18 18

Adverb

IPA: /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstream.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-upstream.wav [US] Forms: more upstream [comparative], most upstream [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: up- + stream Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|stream}} up- + stream Head templates: {{en-adv}} upstream (comparative more upstream, superlative most upstream)
  1. Against the current. Derived forms: swim upstream Translations (against the flow): opstrøms (Danish), stroomopwaarts (Dutch), flussaufwärts (German), 川上 (kawakami) (Japanese), flūmine adversō (Latin), oppstrøms (Norwegian Bokmål), oppstraums (Norwegian Nynorsk), montante [feminine] (Portuguese), la deal (Romanian), în amonte (Romanian), în susul apei (Romanian), în contra-curent (Romanian), ris an t-sruth (Scottish Gaelic), a contracorriente (Spanish), río arriba (Spanish), uppströms (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-adv-EfBrYHTH

Noun

IPA: /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstream.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-upstream.wav [US] Forms: upstreams [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: up- + stream Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|stream}} up- + stream Head templates: {{en-noun}} upstream (plural upstreams)
  1. Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-noun-72hBQbt6 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 3 15 8 17 10 8 3 11 13 4 8
  2. (open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-noun-ErzJEXLU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 3 15 8 17 10 8 3 11 13 4 8

Verb

IPA: /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstream.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-upstream.wav [US] Forms: upstreams [present, singular, third-person], upstreaming [participle, present], upstreamed [participle, past], upstreamed [past]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: up- + stream Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|stream}} up- + stream Head templates: {{en-verb}} upstream (third-person singular simple present upstreams, present participle upstreaming, simple past and past participle upstreamed)
  1. (intransitive) To stream upward. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-verb-YZXQ9QNc
  2. (transitive, open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-upstream-en-verb-j6KKoOb8

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ရေဆန်"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "opstrøms"
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          "_dis1": "47 4 31 9 6 3",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "à contre-courant"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "à contre-mont"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "stromaufwärts"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ūpar ko",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "ऊपर को"
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          "_dis1": "47 4 31 9 6 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "in aghaidh srutha"
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          "_dis1": "47 4 31 9 6 3",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "川上"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "hulu"
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "roman": "vverkh po techeniyu",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "вверх по течению"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
          "word": "aguas arriba"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
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        "(figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
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        "Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
        "In the direction from the client to the server."
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        "(figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
        "(computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server."
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        "en:figuratively, of computer networks"
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          "_dis": "1 13 12 22 16 8 6 2 12 1 8",
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          "ref": "2013, Matthew Helmke, Ubuntu Unleashed 2013 Edition: Covering 12.10 and 13.04, Pearson Education",
          "text": "You can also check the upstream and/or Debian bug trackers for open and closed bugs and the upstream revision history or newer release(s).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Jono Bacon, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, O'Reilly Media, Inc., page 141",
          "text": "If the developer knows the bug is an upstream bug but does not know which bug it is in the upstream bug tracker, he can add an upstream task to the bug report.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Michael Dennis Scott, Scott on Outsourcing: Law and Practice, Aspen Publishers, page 198",
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          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2002, Tony Mancill, Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, Prentice Hall, page 190",
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        "(figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
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          "end"
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        "(figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.",
        "(biology) Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule."
      ],
      "senseid": [
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        "en:figuratively, of base pairs in nucleic acid sequences"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "opstrøms"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "en amont"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "gén előtt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "5’ irányban"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "a monte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "à montante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 8 6 11 69 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
          "word": "corriente arriba"
        }
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      ],
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ujane",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "উজানে"
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      "word": "iraya"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sreštu tečenieto",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "срещу течението"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "rehcan",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "ရေဆန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "contra corrent"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "soeng⁶ jau⁴",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "上游"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "roman": "song-yù",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "上游"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngyóu",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "上游"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "opstrøms"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "à contre-courant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "à contre-mont"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "stromaufwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ūpar ko",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "ऊपर को"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "in aghaidh srutha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kawakami",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "川上"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "hulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "whakarunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverkh po techeniyu",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "вверх по течению"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "aguas arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "a contracorriente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "río arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in a direction opposite to flow",
      "word": "akıntıya karşı"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
      "word": "opstrøms"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
      "word": "en amont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
      "word": "gén előtt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
      "word": "a monte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
      "word": "à montante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Biology : towards the 5' end of a DNA molecule",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "upwards",
      "word": "stroomopwaarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "upwards",
      "word": "amont"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "upwards",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "upwards",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "opstrøms"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "stroomopwaarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "flussaufwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "川上"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "flūmine adversō"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "oppstrøms"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "oppstraums"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "montante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "la deal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against the flow",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against the flow",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against the flow",
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    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "ris an t-sruth"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "a contracorriente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "against the flow",
      "word": "río arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against the flow",
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}

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        "To stream upward."
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