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Noun stream has 5 senses
  1. stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
    --1 is a kind of body of water, water
    --1 has parts: ford, crossing; meander; midstream
    --1 has particulars:
     branch; brook, creek; headstream; river; rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet; tidal river, tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream
    Derived form: verb stream5
  2. stream, flow, current - 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"
    --2 is a kind of course, line
  3. current, stream - a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
    --3 is a kind of flow, flowing
    --3 has particulars:
     tidal flow, tidal current; riptide, rip current; undertide, undercurrent; torrent, violent stream; eddy, twist; whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom; ocean current
    Derived form: verb stream5
  4. flow, stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
    --4 is a kind of motion, movement, move
    --4 has particulars:
     spill, spillage, release; flood, overflow, outpouring
    Derived form: verb stream5
  5. stream, flow - 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"
    --5 is a kind of motion
    Derived forms: verb stream3, verb stream1
,Verb stream has 5 senses
  1. stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
    --1 is one way to     float, drift, be adrift, blow
    Derived form: noun stream5
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
    --2 is one way to     exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
    --3 is one way to crowd, crowd together
    Derived form: noun stream5
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
    --4 is one way to rain, rain down
    Sample sentence:
    It was streaming all day long
  5. stream, well out - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
    --5 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
    Derived forms: noun stream4, noun stream3, noun stream1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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