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stream
  1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  2. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
  3. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
  4. (umbrella term) All moving waters.
  5. (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
  6. (figuratively) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
  7. (Britain, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Sitting by a stream or a mountain is wonderful, feeling the air, sensing the presence of other living beings, hearing the natural sounds.”
      “Raising his head and straining his eyes, he could see a faint stream of smoke billowing out of a chimney close by.”
      “The vignette I shared was just one moment in a seemingly endless stream of issues that are part of the daily phenomenon of urban teaching.”
streaming
  1. movement as a stream
  2. (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
  3. (Britain, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
  4. Synonyms:
streamie
  1. (marketing) An consumer who frequently listens to, views and interacts with streaming media on the Internet.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The streamie has important demographic characteristics that make them attractive marketing targets.”
streambed
  1. A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The trail descends, as stony as a streambed but never smooth, for these rocks are angular, unworn by steadily running water.”
      “The rocks on the streambed were loose and rolled out from under his feet, hampering his progress.”
      “Claiming they owned the riverbanks and the streambed itself, they routinely denied the public access to rivers and streams.”
streamscape
  1. A landscape dominated by a stream.
streaminess
  1. The quality or state of being streamy.
streamwater
  1. The water of a stream.
streambank
  1. The bank of a stream.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A large section of streambank was riprapped to prevent the landowner's septic system and 20 feet of severely slumping shoreline from washing into the brook.”
      Streambank butterweed is found from British Columbia south to California, and east to Saskatchewan and New Mexico.”
streame
  1. Obsolete spelling of stream
streamlet
  1. A small stream.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The rivulet becomes a streamlet, and the desert silence is suddenly broken by the trickling of water.”
      “In its original condition a small streamlet encircled the space between the inner and outer circumvallations.”
      “A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy cover of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it.”
streamscapes
  1. plural of streamscape
streamwaters
  1. plural of streamwater
streambanks
  1. plural of streambank
  2. Examples:
    1. “Four years ago he used his thumb-equipped excavator to push tree root wads into streambanks to control erosion for the first time.”
      “He recycles the material as a replacement for riprap in lining drainage channels or protecting streambanks from erosion.”
      “Riparian forest buffers also stabilize streambanks and provide shaded areas for aquatic habitat.”
streambeds
streamlets
streamings
streamies
  1. plural of streamie
streames
  1. plural of streame
streams
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