NOUN | object | stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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group | stream, flow, current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
act | stream, flow | the act of flowing or streaming | |
state | stream, flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | |
event | stream, current | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | |
VERB | motion | stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
body | stream | exude profusely | |
motion | stream, pour, swarm, teem, pullulate | move in large numbers | |
weather | stream, pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | rain heavily | |
motion | stream, well out | flow freely and abundantly |
Sounds | striy'm | |
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Rhymes | academe ... upstream: 40 rhymes with iym... |
Meaning | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. | |
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Synonym | watercourse | |
Parts | ford, crossing | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded |
meander | A bend or curve, as in a stream or river | |
midstream | The middle of a stream | |
Narrower | branch | A stream or river connected to a larger / larger one |
brook, creek | A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | |
headstream | A stream that forms the source of a river | |
river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) | |
rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet | A small stream | |
tidal river, tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream | A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream | |
Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
Spanish | arroyo, corriente, curso de agua | |
Catalan | corrent | |
Nouns | streamlet | a small stream |
Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
Meaning | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. | |
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Synonyms | flow, current | |
Broader | course, line | A connected series of events or actions or developments |
Spanish | corriente, curso, flujo | |
Catalan | corrent, curs, flux |
Meaning | The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. | |
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Synonym | flow | |
Narrower | flood, overflow, outpouring | A large / large flow |
spill, spillage, release | The act of allowing a fluid to escape | |
Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
Spanish | corriente, flujo | |
Catalan | corrent, fluix | |
Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
Meaning | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. | |
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Example | "a stream of people emptied from the terminal" | |
Synonym | flow | |
Broader | motion | A state of change |
Spanish | corriente, río, torrente | |
Catalan | corrent, riu, torrent | |
Verbs | stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
stream | move in large numbers |
Meaning | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes). | |
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Synonym | current | |
Narrower | eddy, twist | A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself |
ocean current | The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction | |
riptide, rip current | A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore | |
tidal flow, tidal current | The water current caused by the tides | |
torrent, violent stream | A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid / liquid) | |
undertide, undercurrent | A current below the surface of a fluid | |
whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom | A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | |
Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
Spanish | corriente, flujo | |
Catalan | corrent | |
Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
Meaning | To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" | |
Broader | float, drift, be adrift, blow | Be in motion due to some air or water current |
Spanish | ondear | |
Nouns | stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously |
Meaning | exude profusely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
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Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
Spanish | chorrear, manar | |
Catalan | adollar, rajar, regalimar | |
Participle | streaming | exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts |
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 | Be disgorged |
Broader | crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
Spanish | hormiguear | |
Catalan | anar a patolls | |
Nouns | stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously |
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 | come down as if in sheets |
sluice, sluice down | pour as if from a sluice | |
Broader | rain, rain down | precipitate as rain |
Spanish | diluviar, llover a cántaros | |
Catalan | diluviar, ploure a bots i barrals |
Meaning | Flow freely and abundantly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "Tears streamed down her face" | |
Synonym | well out | |
Narrower | spin | stream in jets, of liquids / liquids |
Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
Spanish | verter | |
Catalan | abocar, vessar | |
Nouns | stream | the act of flowing or streaming |
stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | |
stream | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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