stream
1. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth (Freq. 20)
• Syn:
watercourse
• Derivationally related forms:
streamlet
• Hypernyms:
body of water, water
• Hyponyms:
branch, brook, creek, headstream, river,
rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet, tidal river,
tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream
• Part Meronyms:
ford, crossing, meander, midstream
2. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (Freq. 4)
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
• Syn:
flow, current
• Hypernyms:
course, line
3. the act of flowing or streaming;
continuous progression (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
flow
• Derivationally related forms:
flow (for: flow)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
• Hyponyms:
spill, spillage, release, flood, overflow, outpouring
4. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (Freq. 2)
- a stream of people emptied from the terminal
- the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
• Syn:
flow
• Derivationally related forms:
flow (for: flow)
• Hypernyms:
motion
5. a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (Freq. 2)
- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
• Syn:
current
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
• Hyponyms:
tidal flow, tidal current, riptide, rip current, undertide,
undercurrent, torrent, violent stream, eddy, twist, whirlpool,
vortex, maelstrom, ocean current
1. to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind (Freq. 4)
- their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
• Hypernyms:
float, drift, be adrift, blow
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. exude profusely (Freq. 3)
- She was streaming with sweat
- His nose streamed blood
• Hypernyms:
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
3. move in large numbers (Freq. 2)
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
• Syn:
pour, swarm, teem, pullulate
• Derivationally related forms:
swarm (for: swarm)
• Hypernyms:
crowd, crowd together
• Hyponyms:
spill over, spill out, pour out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. rain heavily
- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
• Syn:
pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
• Derivationally related forms:
pelter (for: pelt)
• Hypernyms:
rain, rain down
• Hyponyms:
sheet, sluice, sluice down
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
- It was streaming all day long
5. flow freely and abundantly
- Tears streamed down her face
• Syn:
well out
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Hyponyms:
spin
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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