Dictionary entry details
• STREAM (noun)
Meaning:
A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
stream; watercourse
Hypernyms ("stream" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Meronyms (parts of "stream"):
midstream (the middle of a stream)
meander (a bend or curve, as in a stream or river)
crossing; ford (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stream"):
tidal river; tidal stream; tidewater river; tidewater stream (a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream)
rill; rivulet; run; runnel; streamlet (a small stream)
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
headstream (a stream that forms the source of a river)
brook; creek (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river))
branch (a stream or river connected to a larger one)
Meaning:
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
stream; current; flow
Context examples:
two streams of development run through American history / stream of consciousness / the flow of thought / the current of history
Hypernyms ("stream" is a kind of...):
course; line (a connected series of events or actions or developments)
Meaning:
A steady flow (usually from natural causes)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
current; stream
Context examples:
the raft floated downstream on the current / he felt a stream of air
Hypernyms ("stream" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stream"):
ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)
maelstrom; vortex; whirlpool (a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))
eddy; twist (a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself)
torrent; violent stream (a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid))
undercurrent; undertide (a current below the surface of a fluid)
rip current; riptide (a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore)
tidal current; tidal flow (the water current caused by the tides)
Meaning:
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flow; stream
Hypernyms ("stream" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stream"):
release; spill; spillage (the act of allowing a fluid to escape)
flood; outpouring; overflow (a large flow)
Meaning:
Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
flow; stream
Context examples:
a stream of people emptied from the terminal / the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Hypernyms ("stream" is a kind of...):
motion (a state of change)
• STREAM (verb)
Meaning:
To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Hypernyms (to "stream" is one way to...):
be adrift; blow; drift; float (be in motion due to some air or water current)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Exude profusely
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context examples:
She was streaming with sweat / His nose streamed blood
Hypernyms (to "stream" is one way to...):
exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move in large numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
teem; swarm; pullulate; pour; stream
Context examples:
people were pouring out of the theater / beggars pullulated in the plaza
Hypernyms (to "stream" is one way to...):
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stream"):
pour out; spill out; spill over (be disgorged)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Rain heavily
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
rain buckets; rain cats and dogs; pelt; stream; pour
Context example:
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Hypernyms (to "stream" is one way to...):
rain; rain down (precipitate as rain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stream"):
sheet (come down as if in sheets)
sluice; sluice down (pour as if from a sluice)
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Sentence example:
It was streaming all day long
Meaning:
Flow freely and abundantly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
well out; stream
Context example:
Tears streamed down her face
Hypernyms (to "stream" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stream"):
spin (stream in jets, of liquids)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
