stream

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1

(noun.) small river

ADJ

little, small | shallow | clear | fast-flowing

bubbling

The children waded into the shallow bubbling stream near their house.

mountain, underground

VERB + STREAM

cross

STREAM + VERB

flow, run

Water from the mountains runs down the stream toward the village every spring.

STREAM + NOUN

bed

PREP

across a/the ~, down a/the ~, in a/the ~

The children waded across the shallow stream during their hike through the forest.

on a/the ~

Children were playing games on the stream's bank during their summer holidays.

up a/the ~

PHRASES

the side/edge of the stream

2

(noun.) continuous flow of a liquid/gas/light

ADJ

thin | air, gas

VERB + STREAM

let in

STREAM + VERB

flow

A steady stream of water flowed down the mountainside after the heavy rain.

PREP

~ of

3

(noun.) continuous flow of people/vehicles/things happening

ADJ

constant, continuous, endless, never-ending, steady

During the busy shopping season, there was a steady stream of customers coming through the store all day long.

VERB + STREAM

let loose/out

PREP

~ of

Tears ran down her face as a stream of memories from childhood flooded her mind.

Definitions

noun

1

A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].

European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

2

All moving waters.

3

A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).

He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

4

Current, the force of moving water.

to swim against the stream

5

Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.

Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.

With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

verb

1

To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

beneath those banks where rivers now stream

When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which the spring sunlight streamed.

2

To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

A flag streams in the wind.

3

To discharge in a stream.

The soldier's wound was streaming blood.

4

To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

5

To livestream.

I did factor in the whole, like, "oh, I wonder if doing streaming, and the money that's kind of attached to it, is the reason I wanted to do this?", like, is it warping my brain? I did think about that. I've streamed for years and it's been my entire life and I've made a lot of money off it, and I wondered if that's what's affecting me and making me want to do this. And it's not.

name

1

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of flowing or streaming

flow

noun — a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

current

noun — dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive

noun — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the eart

watercourse

noun — something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuo

flow

verb — move in large numbers

verb — rain heavily

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Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].

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European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.

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He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

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beneath those banks where rivers now stream

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When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of wh

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06

A flag streams in the wind.

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(noun.) small river

(noun.) continuous flow of a liquid/gas/light

(noun.) continuous flow of people/vehicles/things happening

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