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