stream
Noun
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is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)subtypes:
- 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)
- headstream - a stream that forms the source of a river
- river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
- rill, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet - a small stream
- tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
has:same as: watercourse -
subtypes:same as: flow
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is a type of: motion - a state of changesame as: flow
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subtypes:
- tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides
- rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
- undercurrent, undertide - a current below the surface of a fluid
- torrent, violent stream - a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- eddy, twist - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool - 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
same as: current
Verb
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is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers
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subtypes:
- sheet - come down as if in sheets
- sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice
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subtypes: spin - stream in jets, of liquidssame as: well out
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- Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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