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NOUN | 1 | stream, watercourse | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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2 | stream, flow, current | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
3 | stream, current | A steady flow (usually from natural causes) | |
4 | stream, flow | The act of flowing or streaming | |
5 | stream, flow | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | |
VERB | 1 | stream | To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
2 | stream | Exude profusely | |
3 | stream, pour, swarm, teem, pullulate | Move in large numbers | |
4 | stream, pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | Rain heavily | |
5 | stream, well out | Flow freely and abundantly |
Sounds | striy'm |
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Rhymes | academe, agleam, beam, and 35 more rhymes in iym at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. |
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Synonyms | watercourse |
Parts | ford, crossing; meander; midstream |
Narrower | branch; brook, creek; headstream; river; rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet; tidal river, tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream |
Broader | body of water, water |
Verbs | stream |
Meaning | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. |
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Examples | "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness" |
Synonyms | flow, current |
Broader | course, line |
Meaning | A steady flow (usually from natural causes). |
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Examples | "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air" |
Synonyms | current |
Narrower | tidal flow, tidal current; riptide, rip current; undertide, undercurrent; torrent, violent stream; eddy, twist; whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom; ocean current |
Broader | flow, flowing |
Verbs | stream |
Meaning | The act of flowing or streaming. Continuous progression. |
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Synonyms | flow |
Narrower | spill, spillage, release; flood, overflow, outpouring |
Broader | motion, movement, move |
Verbs | stream |
Meaning | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. |
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Examples | "a stream of people emptied from the terminal" |
Synonyms | flow |
Broader | motion |
Verbs | stream; stream |
Meaning | To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
Broader | float, drift, be adrift, blow |
Nouns | stream |
Meaning | Exude profusely. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" |
Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze |
Participle | streaming |
Meaning | Move in large numbers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | pour, swarm, teem, pullulate |
Narrower | spill over, spill out, pour out |
Broader | crowd, crowd together |
Nouns | stream |
Meaning | Rain heavily. |
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Pattern | It is ----ing |
Model | It was streaming all day long |
Synonyms | pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets |
Narrower | sheet; sluice, sluice down |
Broader | rain, rain down |
Meaning | Flow freely and abundantly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Tears streamed down her face" |
Synonyms | well out |
Narrower | spin |
Broader | run, flow, feed, course |
Nouns | stream; stream; stream |