to stream
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3.4
- verb
- /striːm/
:
ondear
- Straw on the floor, farm implements on the walls, sunlight streaming in through the slats.
I was pondering the way the sunlit light, you know, streamed through the leaves, like it was always about nature.
- I was pondering the way the sunlit light, you know, streamed through the leaves, like it was always about nature.
Examples
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When she opens it, the light will stream across the room.
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Electricians, plasterers, and painters streamed through his office with estimates for the many improvements he planned.
Fiction book (1995) -
And they go and words come streaming out of their mouth.
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And soon the sky was streaming with birds.
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Before I knew it, people were streaming into the apartment to join our evening meditations.
Fiction book (1995) -
And in the morning she woke up, as the first rays of sun streamed in through the windows.
Fiction book (1991) -
The crowd turned as if on a signal and streamed back to their lodges.
Fiction book (1994) -
Blinking against the sunlight streaming across his face, he opened his eyes and lifted his head.
Fiction book (1991) -
As "The End" appears on the drive-in screen, cars are streaming out of the drive-in theatre.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the wind picked up, the flag began to stream proudly in the breeze.
Synonyms
24
4.2
To rise up and flow out, as a liquid or feeling
16
2.9
Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid
1
3.2
Water moves away slowly in a steady stream
1
3.7
The smooth movement of water or air
Full of large rounded shapes that move outward, like cloth, smoke, or clouds
Moving outward in a steady stream from a source like water or gas
To move away from a surface in a steady stream, like water does
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
11
3.3
A continuous flow of information sent or processed by computers in real time
9
3.1
A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico past the US east coast toward Europe
- Literature
7
8.1
A way of writing that shows a character's thoughts as they happen
- Specialized
A group of small rocks in space that cause meteor showers when Earth passes through them
A part of a river where the tide makes the water go in the other direction or rise and fall
A stream whose water level and flow change with sea tides, reaching far upstream
An orchid that grows along streams or ponds in western North America with leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flowers
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stream comes from an old English word stream meaning 'flow' or 'current'. That's why hair, a scarf, or a flag can stream out behind someone — they trail and flow like a little river in the wind.