Dictionary Check: stream

"stream" is a valid word!

Scrabble 8 points
Words with Friends 9 points

Definition

noun

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

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noun

dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

Example: "two streams of development run through American history"
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noun

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

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noun

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

Example: "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
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noun

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

Example: "the raft floated downstream on the current"
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verb

to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

Example: "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

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