what does stream mean?
STREAM as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of flowing or streaming
- continuous progression
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Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a steady flow (usually from natural causes)
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- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
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- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
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- a stream of people emptied from the terminal
- the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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STREAM as VERB
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- She was streaming with sweat
- His nose streamed blood
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- flow freely and abundantly
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- Tears streamed down her face
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
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- their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Put on your rain coat– it’’s pouring outside!
Hypernyms(s) stream is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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