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US
/ˈstɹim/
]
[ UK /stɹˈiːm/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈiːm/ ]
VERB
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flow freely and abundantly
Tears streamed down her face -
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind -
move in large numbers
people were pouring out of the theater
beggars pullulated in the plaza -
exude profusely
She was streaming with sweat
His nose streamed blood -
rain heavily
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
NOUN
-
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
two streams of development run through American history
the current of history
the flow of thought
stream of consciousness - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
he felt a stream of air
the hose ejected a stream of water
the raft floated downstream on the current -
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
How To Use stream In A Sentence
- The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
- A steady stream of self-released mix tapes and videos - all adhering to the group's cartoonishly horrifying aesthetic, all a bit more deranged than the rest - increased the buzz and kept the conversation going. In concert: OFWGKTA at U Street Music Hall
- As the increase of THC is pumped into the bloodstream, there are no measurable tools to indicate the level of what might be considered an intoxicated level for marijuana, and any classification of such a level [one toke] could be considered illegal and on par with alcohol? 2008 June 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
- Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
- I passed plunging gorges, streams in spate, riverbanks ripped open, fields flooded, a brown soup drowning the track.
- Because there were still plenty of crayfish in the becks and streams, and they are the first to go if there is pollution.
- The greatest difficulty which presents itself in entering the southern mouth arises from what in America are termed snags, that is, large trees, the roots of which are firmly planted in the bed of the river, whilst the branches project up the stream, and are likely to pierce any boat in its passage down. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
- Long gone are the days when Chairman Mao was idolised by radicals (and even respected by some mainstream academics) on American university campuses.