stream
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Types & categories
- body of water hypernym
- branch hyponym
- brook hyponym
- headstream hyponym
- river hyponym
- rill hyponym
- tidal river hyponym
Parts & wholes
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Sense 2 verb
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
Types & categories
- float hypernym
Related & opposite
- stream derivation
Sense 3 noun
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
two streams of development run through American history
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Sense 4 verb
exude profusely
She was streaming with sweat
Types & categories
- exudate hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Types & categories
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Sense 6 verb
move in large numbers
people were pouring out of the theater
Types & categories
- crowd together hypernym
- spill out hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
a stream of people emptied from the terminal
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
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Sense 8 verb
rain heavily
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- torrent derivation
Sense 9 noun
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
the raft floated downstream on the current
Types & categories
- flow hypernym
- tidal flow hyponym
- rip current hyponym
- undertide hyponym
- violent stream hyponym
- eddy hyponym
- whirlpool hyponym
- ocean current hyponym
Related & opposite
- well out derivation
Sense 10 verb
flow freely and abundantly
Tears streamed down her face
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rill |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | well out |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crossing |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | meander |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | midstream |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body of water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | branch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brook |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headstream |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | river |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tidal river |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | float |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exudate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flux |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | course |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | well out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spillage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | overflow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | swarm |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | crowd together |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill out |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | swarm |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flux |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheet |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | sluice |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | well out |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | flow |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | tidal flow |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | rip current |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | undertide |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | violent stream |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | eddy |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirlpool |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | ocean current |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | current |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin |