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stream - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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watercourse |
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body of water,
water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
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branch a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
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brook,
creek a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
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crossing,
ford traveling across
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headstream a stream that forms the source of a river
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meander a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
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midstream the middle of a stream
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river a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
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rivulet,
runnel,
streamlet,
rill,
run a small stream
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tidal river,
tidal stream,
tidewater river,
tidewater stream a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
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stream - 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" |
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flow |
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motion the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
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stream - 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" |
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flow,
current |
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course,
line a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
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stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" |
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course,
flow,
feed,
run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
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spin prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
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stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
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be adrift,
float,
drift,
blow convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
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stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" |
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exudate,
ooze out,
transude,
exude,
ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
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