noun
- The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell.
- synonyms: cyclosis
verb
- To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind.
- usage: "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
- synonyms: stream
- Exude profusely.
- usage: "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
- synonyms: stream
- 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, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
- Flow freely and abundantly.
- usage: "Tears streamed down her face"
adjective
- Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts.
- usage: "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"
- Computer science. ( using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data)
- usage: "streaming audio"; "streaming video recording"
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