| stream | | |
| n. (object) | 1. stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one. |
| ~ brook, creek | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).; "the creek dried up every summer" |
| ~ crossing, ford | a shallow area in a stream that can be forded. |
| ~ headstream | a stream that forms the source of a river. |
| ~ meander | a bend or curve, as in a stream or river. |
| ~ midstream | the middle of a stream. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| ~ rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet, run | a small stream. |
| ~ tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream. |
| n. (group) | 2. current, flow, stream | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" |
| ~ course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments.; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| n. (act) | 3. flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ spillage, spill, release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape. |
| ~ overflow, flood, outpouring | a large flow. |
| n. (state) | 4. flow, stream | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" |
| ~ motion | a state of change.; "they were in a state of steady motion" |
| n. (event) | 5. current, stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes).; "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" |
| ~ tidal current, tidal flow | the water current caused by the tides. |
| ~ rip current, riptide | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore. |
| ~ undertide, undercurrent | a current below the surface of a fluid. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ violent stream, torrent | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid).; "the houses were swept away in the torrent" |
| ~ eddy, twist | a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself. |
| ~ maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex | a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides). |
| ~ ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction. |
| v. (motion) | 6. stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind.; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
| ~ be adrift, drift, float, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current.; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" |
| v. (body) | 7. stream | exude profusely.; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| v. (motion) | 8. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem | move in large numbers.; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" |
| ~ crowd together, crowd | to gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| ~ spill out, spill over, pour out | be disgorged.; "The crowds spilled out into the streets" |
| v. (weather) | 9. pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream | rain heavily.; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
| ~ sheet | come down as if in sheets.; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" |
| ~ sluice, sluice down | pour as if from a sluice.; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" |
| v. (motion) | 10. stream, well out | flow freely and abundantly.; "Tears streamed down her face" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ spin | stream in jets, of liquids.; "The creek spun its course through the woods" |
| watercourse | | |
| n. (object) | 1. watercourse | natural or artificial channel through which water flows. |
| ~ channel | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels.; "the ship went aground in the channel" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. watercourse, waterway | a conduit through which water flows. |
| ~ canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation. |
| ~ flume | watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs. |
| ~ headrace | a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine. |
| ~ tailrace | a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine. |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| secrete | | |
| v. (body) | 1. release, secrete | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
| ~ water | secrete or form water, as tears or saliva.; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" |
| v. (perception) | 2. secrete | place out of sight; keep secret.; "The money was secreted from his children" |
| ~ conceal, hide | prevent from being seen or discovered.; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" |
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