English to afrikaans meaning of

downstream

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord stroomaf is in die rigting wat 'n rivier of stroompie vloei, of na die punt waar 'n rivier of stroompie die see ontmoet. In 'n breër sin kan dit ook verwys na die rigting van die vloei van enige vloeistof, soos lug of elektrisiteit, of die volgorde van gebeure in 'n proses of stelsel. Stroomaf kan ook as 'n byvoeglike naamwoord gebruik word om iets te beskryf wat in die rigting van die vloei geleë is, soos 'n stroomaf olieraffinadery of 'n stroomaf gedeelte van 'n produksieproses.

Sentence Examples

  1. The trail then followed the water downstream, to the point where it fed back into the river, right before a sharp bend.
  2. Before he could grab it, the slippery trout catapulted itself back into the water and swam off downstream.
  3. A high-pitched scream pierced the air from downstream.
  4. The horse staggered backward and into the downstream wall.
  5. Tarkyn meandered a little way along the stream, watching moorhens strutting among the reeds and a couple of wood ducks alternately floating downstream on the current then paddling back upstream.
  6. He received a frisson of fear followed by an image of the otter far downstream heading the other way.
  7. They made their way over large, white rocks that had washed downstream.
  8. Tarkyn sat down against a rock near the river and watched the water rolling over stones and spreading out to flow peacefully downstream.
  9. It happened that, as I was watching some of the little people bathing in a shallow, one of them was seized with cramp and began drifting downstream.
  10. She crouched in the deepest part, letting the swift current wash Filmore downstream with the other waste.
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