English dictionary
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English noun: stream | |||
| 1. | stream (object) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | ||
| Synonyms | watercourse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body of water, water | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | branch, brook, creek, headstream, rill, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet, tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream | ||
| Part holonym | crossing, ford, meander, midstream | ||
| 2. | stream (group) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | ||
| Samples | Two streams of development run through American history. Stream of consciousness. The flow of thought. The current of history. | ||
| Synonyms | current, flow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, line | ||
| 3. | stream (act) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | ||
| Synonyms | flow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flood, outpouring, overflow, release, spill, spillage | ||
| 4. | stream (state) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | ||
| Samples | A stream of people emptied from the terminal. The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors. | ||
| Synonyms | flow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion | ||
| 5. | stream (event) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | ||
| Samples | The raft floated downstream on the current. He felt a stream of air. The hose ejected a stream of water. | ||
| Synonyms | current | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flowing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eddy, maelstrom, ocean current, rip current, riptide, tidal current, tidal flow, torrent, twist, undercurrent, undertide, violent stream, vortex, whirlpool | ||
English verb: stream | |||
| 1. | stream (motion) to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind | ||
| Samples | Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be adrift, blow, drift, float | ||
| 2. | stream (body) exude profusely | ||
| Samples | She was streaming with sweat. His nose streamed blood. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude | ||
| 3. | stream (motion) move in large numbers | ||
| Samples | People were pouring out of the theater. Beggars pullulated in the plaza. | ||
| Synonyms | pour, pullulate, swarm, teem | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crowd, crowd together | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pour out, spill out, spill over | ||
| 4. | stream (weather) rain heavily | ||
| Samples | Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!. | ||
| Examples | It was streaming all day long | ||
| Synonyms | pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs | ||
| Pattern of use | It is ----ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rain, rain down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sheet, sluice, sluice down | ||
| 5. | stream (motion) flow freely and abundantly | ||
| Samples | Tears streamed down her face. | ||
| Synonyms | well out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, feed, flow, run | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | spin | ||
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