Downstream

verb

Word Frequency: 4.8

Definitions

1.verbTo stream downward.

2.adjectiveLower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid

"She lives downstream from the dam."

3.adjectiveIn the direction from the server to the client.

4.adjectiveTowards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.

5.adjective(metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.

6.adverbFollowing the path of a river or stream

"We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes."

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