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stream

Nouns

• (n) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth watercourse,
• (n) 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
  current, flow,
• (n) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression flow,
• (n) 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
  flow,
• (n) 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
  current,

Verbs

• (v) to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
  • their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
• (v) exude profusely
  • She was streaming with sweat
  • His nose streamed blood
• (v) move in large numbers
  • people were pouring out of the theater
  • beggars pullulated in the plaza
  pour, pullulate, swarm, teem,
• (v) rain heavily
  • Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
  rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, pour,
• (v) flow freely and abundantly
  • Tears streamed down her face
  well out,

Synonyms

watercourse current flow pour pullulate swarm teem rain buckets rain cats and dogs pelt well out

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