Stream

  • 11stream — [n] small river beck, branch, brook, burn, course, creek, current, drift, flood, flow, freshet, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, rush, spate, spritz, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, watercourse; concept 514 stream [v] flow from cascade …

    New thesaurus

  • 12stream — index issue (send forth), outflow, outpour Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 13stream|er — «STREE muhr», noun. 1. any long, narrow, flowing thing: »Streamers of ribbon hung from her hat. We saw streamers of snow blowing around the hilltop. 2. a long, narrow, pointed flag or pennon. SYNONYM(S): pennant. 3. a newspaper headline that runs …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i …

    Wikipedia

  • 15stream — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small river ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small ▪ shallow ▪ clear ▪ fast flowing, rushing …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16stream — streamless, adj. streamlike, adj. /streem/, n. 1. a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. 2. a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream; the Gulf Stream. 3. any… …

    Universalium

  • 17stream — stream1 W3 [stri:m] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(small river)¦ 2¦(continuous series)¦ 3¦(air/water)¦ 4 come on stream 5¦(school)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English;] 1.) ¦(SMALL RIVER)¦ a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18stream — I UK [striːm] / US [strɪm] noun [countable] Word forms stream : singular stream plural streams ** 1) a small narrow river A path runs alongside the stream. 2) a) a continuous flow of liquid or gas Blood ran from his nose in a steady stream.… …

    English dictionary

  • 19stream — stream1 [ strim ] noun count ** 1. ) a small narrow river: A path runs alongside the stream. 2. ) stream of a continuous flow of people or things: a steady stream of visitors/traffic/cars He was great company with his endless stream of stories. a …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20stream — [[t]stri͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦♦ streams, streaming, streamed 1) N COUNT A stream is a small narrow river. There was a small stream at the end of the garden. ...a mountain stream. Syn: brook 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of …

    English dictionary