noun
- A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
- synonyms: watercourse
- Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.
- usage: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
- The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression.
- synonyms: flow
- Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.
- usage: "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
- synonyms: flow
- A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes. )
- usage: "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
- synonyms: current
verb
- To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind.
- usage: "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
- Exude profusely.
- usage: "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
- Move in large numbers.
- usage: "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- Rain heavily.
- usage: "Put on your rain coat- it's pouring outside"
- synonyms: pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
- Flow freely and abundantly.
- usage: "Tears streamed down her face"
- synonyms: well out
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