ENGLISH: stream - CREOLE: rivyč



Overview of noun stream



The noun stream has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (20) stream, watercourse -- (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)

2. (4) stream, flow, current -- (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history")

3. (3) current, stream -- (a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air")

4. (3) flow, stream -- (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)

5. (2) stream, flow -- (something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors")



Overview of verb stream



The verb stream has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (4) stream -- (to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind")

2. (3) stream -- (exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood")

3. (2) pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate -- (move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza")

4. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets -- (rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!")

5. stream, well out -- (flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face")

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