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Stream

🔄 Synonyms of "Stream"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
peltnounThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
swarmnounA large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
pourverb(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
watercoursenounAny channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
rain bucketsverb(idiomatic) To rain heavily
rain cats and dogsverb(idiomatic, impersonal) To rain very heavily.
well outverbflow freely and abundantly
currentnounExisting or occurring at the moment.

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watercoursenounAny channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
rain cats and dogsverb(idiomatic, impersonal) To rain very heavily.
rain bucketsverb(idiomatic) To rain heavily
currentnoun(by extension, South Asia) electricity, power in general.
flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
pournounThe act of pouring.
peltnounThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
swarmnounA large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
well outverbflow freely and abundantly
channelnounSomething through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
downstreamverbToward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
riverineOf or pertaining to rivers, or located on or by a river; inhabiting a river or its surrounds.
creeknoun(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
rivernounA large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
shorenounLand adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
arroyonounAny watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
strandnounEach of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
floodnounAn overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
tidenounThe daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
aquaticnounAny aquatic plant.

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