upriver

Definition

  • adverb: toward the start of a river
  • adverb or adjective: toward or at a point nearer the source of a river
  • synonyms: upstream

Examples

  • The salmon swim 'upriver' [='upstream'] to spawn.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) boot print up in the tree. It's got a cross in the heel. Somebody's been in our boat. Shit. Let's go! We gotta go if you wanna make it back. Takes twice as long goin' upriver. Hold on. Up there, they stop. Where the hell'd he go? I don't know. Shit, you know that guy? (..)
    2012 Mud