stream
noun
1. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Similar word(s): watercourse
Definition categories: object, water
2. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
Similar word(s): current, flow
Definition categories: group, course, line
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Similar word(s): flow
Definition categories: act, motion, move, movement
4. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- a stream of people emptied from the terminal
Similar word(s): flow
Definition categories: state, motion
5. 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
Similar word(s): current
Definition categories: event, flow, flowing
Sentences with stream as a noun:
- He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.
- Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.
- All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.
verb
1. to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Definition categories: motion, blow, drift, float
2. exude profusely
- She was streaming with sweat
- His nose streamed blood
Definition categories: body, exudate, exude, ooze, transude
3. move in large numbers
Similar word(s): pour, pullulate, swarm, teem
Definition categories: motion, crowd
4. rain heavily
Definition categories: weather, rain
5. flow freely and abundantly
- Tears streamed down her face
Definition categories: motion, course, feed, flow, run
Sentences with stream as a verb:
- A flag streams in the wind.