stream

Meanings

• a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
  • "two streams of development run through American history"
  • "stream of consciousness"
• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
  • "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
  • "the raft floated downstream on the current"
  • "he felt a stream of air"
  • "the hose ejected a stream of water"
• to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
  • "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
• exude profusely
  • "She was streaming with sweat"
  • "His nose streamed blood"
• move in large numbers
• rain heavily
• flow freely and abundantly
  • "Tears streamed down her face"

Synonyms

current, flow, pelt, pour, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, swarm, teem, watercourse, well out