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Stream Striːm Steady Mountain Waded Continuous Flow Constant

Word stream
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / striːm / NAmE / striːm /
Example
  • mountain streams
  • we waded across a shallow stream.
  • a stream of blood flowed from the wound.
  • he blew out a stream of cigar smoke.
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stream

(noun)BrE / striːm / NAmE / striːm /
  1. a small narrow river
    • see also downstream
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/downstream_1
    • mountain streams
    • We waded across a shallow stream.
  2. a continuous flow of liquid or gas
    • see also bloodstream
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bloodstream
    • A stream of blood flowed from the wound.
    • He blew out a stream of cigar smoke.
    • a jet stream
  3. a continuous flow of people or vehicles
    • I've had a steady stream of visitors.
    • Cars filed past in an endless stream.
  4. a large number of things that happen one after the other
    • see also revenue stream
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/revenue-stream
    • a constant stream of enquiries
    • The agency provided me with a steady stream of work.
    • Most of the letter consisted of a stream of abuse.
  5. a group of students of the same age and level of ability in some schools
    • See related entries: School life
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/school_life/stream_2
    • She was put into the fast stream.
  6. to be in operation or available
    • The new computer system comes on stream next month.

    Extra Examples

    • By licensing their works, artists can create an ongoing revenue stream.
    • He let loose a stream of abuse.
    • The computer generates a steady stream of emails.
    • The jet stream in the northern hemisphere moves northward.
    • The stream flows through a narrow valley.
    • There are small fish in the stream.
    • We have established several different streams of funding.
    • We picnicked beside a bubbling stream.
    • You can listen to the live audio stream.
    • a constant stream of letters
    • a leaf floating on the stream
    • the stream-of-consciousness technique in modern literature
    • Children who find themselves in the bottom stream feel discouraged.
    • He let loose a stream of insults and obscenities.
    • He was put into the top stream.
    • I’ve had a steady stream of visitors.
    • Many underground streams flow beneath the forest.
    • She had to deal with a constant stream of enquiries.
    • She was able to play streams of difficult notes with extreme accuracy.
    • There were endless streams of mail which could not all be read.
    • We waded across a little mountain stream.
    • a continuous flow/stream of people

    Word Origin

    • Old English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.
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