midstream
/mɪdˈstriːm
/noun [mass noun]
The middle of a stream or river: the ferry was moving out into midstream...
- It is a great sight, with ant-like streams pouring across long pontoons over the river's shallow sandy banks to innumerable craft moored midstream.
- In midstream however the croc suddenly dives leaving the frog struggling with the current.
- This is particularly important when the wind is in your face and you want to hold the float on line either far bank or midstream.
adjective Medicine
(Of urine) passed in the middle part of an act of urinating.All the women who agreed to participate provided a midstream urine specimen that their general practitioner tested immediately with a standard urine dipstick and then sent for microbiological examination and culture....
- A midstream clean-catch technique usually is adequate in men and women.
- It's important to remember you should use midstream urine for the most accurate result.
Phrases
in midstream
Rhymes
- chick magnet
- chickpea
- chickweed
- chicle
- chicly
- chicness
- Chicopee
- chicory
- chide
- chider
- chiding
- chidingly
- chief
- chief constable
- chief cook and bottle-washer
- chiefdom
- chief fire officer
- chief inspector
- chief justice
- Chief Justice-hood
- Chief Justicely
- Chief Justiceship
- chiefly
- chief master sergeant
- chief of staff