stream | English to English Dictionary

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stream

(str/i/m )

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth(noun.object)

Synonym:
watercourse

source: wordnet30
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas(noun.group)

Example:
Two streams of development run through American history.
Stream of consciousness.

Synonym:
current, flow

source: wordnet30
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression(noun.act)

Synonym:
flow

source: wordnet30
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously(noun.state)

Example:
A stream of people emptied from the terminal.

source: wordnet30
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)(noun.event)

Example:
The raft floated downstream on the current.
He felt a stream of air.
The hose ejected a stream of water.

Synonym:
current

source: wordnet30
A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.(noun)

source: webster1913

to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind(verb.motion)

Example:
Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind.

source: wordnet30
exude profusely(verb.body)

Example:
She was streaming with sweat.
His nose streamed blood.

source: wordnet30
move in large numbers(verb.motion)

Synonym:
pour, pullulate, swarm, teem

source: wordnet30
rain heavily(verb.weather)

Synonym:
pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs

source: wordnet30
flow freely and abundantly(verb.motion)

Example:
Tears streamed down her face.

Synonym:
well out

source: wordnet30
To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.(verb)

source: webster1913
To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.(verb)

source: webster1913