ALL meanings of up-river
up-riv·er
U u - noun up-river a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 1
- noun up-river a similar stream of something other than water: a river of lava; a river of ice. 1
- noun up-river any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of tears; rivers of words. 1
- noun up-river (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Eridanus. 1
- noun up-river Printing. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words. 1
- idioms up-river sell down the river, to betray; desert; mislead: to sell one's friends down the river. 1
- idioms up-river up the river, Slang. to prison: to be sent up the river for a bank robbery. in prison: Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society. 1
- adverb up-river Something that is moving up-river is moving towards the source of a river, from a point down the river. Something that is up-river is towards the source of a river. 0
- adverb up-river Up-river is also an adjective. 0