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streaming

streaming

1 5.7
Giving off a lot of liquid, for example sweat or tears
  • adjective
  • /ˈstriːmɪŋ/
: fluyendo
  • When she came out she had our baby sister in one arm, a heavy duffel bag in the other and tears were streaming down her cheeks.

Because blood was streaming out because it's like a little cut here, right?

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Examples

  • And apparently at some point through this, they were sat around the bed and could see tears streaming down his face, but they didn't know why.

  • After she learned about the tragedy, she sat alone, tears streaming down her cheeks.

  • And for two hours I was Captain red eyes, like I was completely like streaming from the eyes.

  • Literally what is air tears streaming down my face.

  • OK, OK, I'm tears are streaming down my face.

  • And they'd come back the next day with these stories and tears streaming down their face.

  • Oh that's nice, I got a tear streaming down my face.

  • Because the second part of whenever I was told that news and, and the tears were, were streaming and I felt that sense of loss and overwhelming sadness.

  • He felt a deep sorrow, with tears streaming from his eyes as he remembered his lost friend.

  • During the emotional movie, I couldn't help but let tears streaming down my face.

Synonyms

to flow out
vsstreaming
27 2.9

Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid

means a body part produces fluid rather than general outward movement
gushing
vsstreaming
5 4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

describes steady heavy output without strong force
watering
vsstreaming
1 1.0

Tears flow from the eyes without meaning to

applies to any body part that gives off fluid continuously
flowing
vsstreaming
1 3.7

The smooth movement of water or air

is about body parts giving off fluid, not general fluid movement

Antonyms

3.2

A process in which water leaves something until it is no longer wet

How Wet

streaming
1 5.7
dripping
1 1.0
beaded
3 3.2
damp
8 1.0
moist
101 1.0

Surface Forms

streaming positive

Morphology

streaming = stream (transparent) = stream + ing

Present participle use of 'stream' to indicate continuous outflow of fluid; the meaning follows standard English rules.

Etymology

Streaming comes from the root stream, meaning 'a flow', so when someone's eyes or nose are streaming, the fluids run in a steady 'flow' down the face or out of the nose like little rivers.