| NOUN | object | stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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| group | stream, flow, current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
| act | stream, flow | the act of flowing or streaming | |
| state | stream, flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | |
| event | stream, current | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | |
| VERB | motion | stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
| body | stream | exude profusely | |
| motion | stream, pour, swarm, teem, pullulate | move in large numbers | |
| weather | stream, pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | rain heavily | |
| motion | stream, well out | flow freely and abundantly |
| Sounds | striy'm | |
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| Rhymes | academe ... upstream: 40 rhymes with iym... | |
| Meaning | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. | |
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| Synonym | watercourse | |
| Parts | ford, crossing | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded |
| meander | A bend or curve, as in a stream or river | |
| midstream | The middle of a stream | |
| Narrower | branch | A stream or river connected to a larger / larger one |
| brook, creek | A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | |
| headstream | A stream that forms the source of a river | |
| river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) | |
| rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet | A small stream | |
| tidal river, tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream | A stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream | |
| Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
| Spanish | arroyo, corriente, curso de agua | |
| Catalan | corrent | |
| Nouns | streamlet | a small stream |
| Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
| Meaning | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. | |
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| Synonyms | flow, current | |
| Broader | course, line | A connected series of events or actions or developments |
| Spanish | corriente, curso, flujo | |
| Catalan | corrent, curs, flux | |
| Meaning | The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. | |
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| Synonym | flow | |
| Narrower | flood, overflow, outpouring | A large / large flow |
| spill, spillage, release | The act of allowing a fluid to escape | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | corriente, flujo | |
| Catalan | corrent, fluix | |
| Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
| Meaning | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. | |
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| Example | "a stream of people emptied from the terminal" | |
| Synonym | flow | |
| Broader | motion | A state of change |
| Spanish | corriente, río, torrente | |
| Catalan | corrent, riu, torrent | |
| Verbs | stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
| stream | move in large numbers | |
| Meaning | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes). | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | current | |
| Narrower | eddy, twist | A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself |
| ocean current | The steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction | |
| riptide, rip current | A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore | |
| tidal flow, tidal current | The water current caused by the tides | |
| torrent, violent stream | A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid / liquid) | |
| undertide, undercurrent | A current below the surface of a fluid | |
| whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom | A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | |
| Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
| Spanish | corriente, flujo | |
| Catalan | corrent | |
| Verbs | stream | flow freely and abundantly |
| Meaning | To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" | |
| Broader | float, drift, be adrift, blow | Be in motion due to some air or water current |
| Spanish | ondear | |
| Nouns | stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously |
| Meaning | exude profusely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
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| Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
| Spanish | chorrear, manar | |
| Catalan | adollar, rajar, regalimar | |
| Participle | streaming | exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts |
| Meaning | Move in large numbers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | pour, swarm, teem, pullulate | |
| Narrower | spill over, spill out, pour out | Be disgorged |
| Broader | crowd, crowd together | To gather together in large numbers |
| Spanish | hormiguear | |
| Catalan | anar a patolls | |
| Nouns | stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously |
| Meaning | rain heavily. | |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing | |
| Model | It was streaming all day long | |
| Synonyms | pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets | |
| Narrower | sheet | come down as if in sheets |
| sluice, sluice down | pour as if from a sluice | |
| Broader | rain, rain down | precipitate as rain |
| Spanish | diluviar, llover a cántaros | |
| Catalan | diluviar, ploure a bots i barrals | |
| Meaning | Flow freely and abundantly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Tears streamed down her face" | |
| Synonym | well out | |
| Narrower | spin | stream in jets, of liquids / liquids |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | verter | |
| Catalan | abocar, vessar | |
| Nouns | stream | the act of flowing or streaming |
| stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | |
| stream | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | |
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