Stream
nnoun.objecta natural body of running water flowing on or under the earthSynset:watercourse
Derivationally Related Form:streamstreamlet
Hypernyms:body of water water
Inherited Hypernyms:streambody of waterthingphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:branchbrookcreekheadstreamrillriverrivuletrunrunnelstreamlettidal rivertidal streamtidewater rivertidewater stream
Part Meronyms:crossing ford meander midstream
Full Hyponyms:billabongbranchbrookbrookletdistributaryfeederheadstreamriverrivulettidal river
nnoun.groupdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasSynset:current flow
Examples:- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
Hypernyms:course line
Inherited Hypernyms:streamcourseseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of flowing or streaming; continuous progressionSynset:flow
Derivationally Related Form:streamflow
Hypernyms:motion move movement
Inherited Hypernyms:flowmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:floodoutpouringoverflowreleasespillspillage
Full Hyponyms:effusionfloodspill
nnoun.statesomething that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuouslySynset:flow
Examples:- a stream of people emptied from the terminal
- the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Derivationally Related Form:streamflow
Hypernyms:motion
Inherited Hypernyms:streammotionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.eventa steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)Synset:current
Examples:- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
Derivationally Related Form:stream
Hypernyms:flow flowing
Inherited Hypernyms:currentflowchange of locationmovementhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:eddymaelstromocean currentrip currentriptidetidal currenttidal flowtorrenttwistundercurrentundertideviolent streamvortexwhirlpool
Full Hyponyms:charybdiseddyel ninoel nino southern oscillationequatorial currentgulf streamjapan currentnorth equatorial currentocean currentperuvian currentriptidesouth equatorial currenttidal boretidal flowtorrentundertideundertowwhirlpool
vverb.motionto extend, wave or float outward, as if in the windExamples:- their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Derivationally Related Form:stream
Hypernyms:be adrift blow drift float
Inherited Hypernyms:streamfloattravel
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.bodyexude profuselyExamples:- She was streaming with sweat
- His nose streamed blood
Hypernyms:exudate exude ooze ooze out transude
Inherited Hypernyms:streamexudeexcreteexhaust
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionmove in large numbersSynset:pour pullulate swarm teem
Examples:- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
Derivationally Related Form:streamswarm
Hypernyms:crowd crowd together
Inherited Hypernyms:pourcrowdmeetinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:pour outspill outspill over
Full Troponyms:spill over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: swarm)
vverb.weatherrain heavilySynset:pelt pour rain buckets rain cats and dogs
Examples:- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Derivationally Related Form:pelter
Hypernyms:rain rain down
Inherited Hypernyms:pourrainprecipitate
Direct Hyponyms:sheetsluicesluice down
Full Troponyms:sheetsluice
Sentence Frame:It is ---ing | It was ---ing all day long (apply to: pelt, rain cats and dogs, stream, pour, rain buckets)
vverb.motionflow freely and abundantlySynset:well out
Examples:- Tears streamed down her face
Derivationally Related Form:stream
Hypernyms:course feed flow run
Inherited Hypernyms:streamrunmove
Direct Hyponyms:spin
Full Troponyms:centrifugespinultracentrifuge
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP