stream

stream
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. river, streamlet, rivulet, rill; gush; trickle; creek, brook, runnel, runlet; current, flow, flux, course, flood, tide, race; shower, outpouring, downpouring. —v. i. issue; pour out, forth, or down; flow, run, rush; shed; blow, extent, run across or along; drift, tend; jet, spurt, gush. See water, motion, wind, light, passage.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. current, rivulet, brook; see river 1 , water 2 .
v.
Syn. gush, run, flow; see flow 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. brook creek, river, tributary, branch, freshet, creek, rill, runnel, watercourse, waterway, beck.
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sound: murmur, purl, babble, gurgle, white noise
see river
2. series succession, steady flow, torrent, outpouring, flood, deluge.
II
v.
flow, rush, pour, flood, run, gush, surge, course, spill, overflow.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Something suggestive of running water: current, drift, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, surge, tide. See MOVE. II verb 1. To move freely as a liquid: circulate, course, flow, run. See MOVE. 2. To come forth or emit in abundance: flow, gush, pour, run, rush, surge, well1. See MOVE.

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  • stream — [strēm] n. [ME strem < OE stream, akin to Ger strom < IE base * sreu , to flow > Gr rheein, to flow] 1. a current or flow of water or other liquid, esp. one running along the surface of the earth; specif., a small river 2. a steady… …   English World dictionary

  • Stream — Stream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. [1913 Webster] Beneath those… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stream — Stream, v. t. To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. [1913 Webster] It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • stream — n *flow, current, flood, tide, flux stream vb *pour, gush, sluice Analogous words: flow, issue, emanate, proceed (see SPRING): flood, deluge, inundate (see corresponding nouns at FLOOD) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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