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streaming

streaming

5.7
Giving off a lot of liquid, for example sweat or tears
  • adjective
  • /ˈstriːmɪŋ/
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  • 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
16 2.9

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

means a body part produces fluid rather than general outward movement
flowing
vsstreaming
1 3.7

The smooth movement of water or air

is about body parts giving off fluid, not general fluid movement
watering
vsstreaming
1.0

Tears flow from the eyes without meaning to

applies to any body part that gives off fluid continuously
gushing
vsstreaming
4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

describes steady heavy output without strong force

Antonyms

1 3.2

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

How Wet

streaming
5.7
dripping
1 1.0
beaded
3.2
damp
11 1.0
moist
105 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.