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Noun | 1. | ![]() body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one brook, creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" headstream - a stream that forms the source of a river meander - a bend or curve, as in a stream or river midstream - the middle of a stream river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles" tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
2. | stream - dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" | |
3. | stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | |
4. | stream - something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion" | |
5. | stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore undertide, undercurrent - a current below the surface of a fluid violent stream, torrent - a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" eddy, twist - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex - a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) ocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction | |
Verb | 1. | stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
2. | stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" | |
3. | stream - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | |
4. | stream - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" | |
5. | ![]() course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" |