streams 1 of 2

noun

plural of stream
1
as in rivers

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as in flows

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as in beams

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streams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stream
1
as in pours
to cause to flow in a stream his eyes were streaming tears

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2
as in rolls
to move in a stream blood streaming out of a wound

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3
as in drifts
to move or proceed smoothly and readily cars streaming along the freeway

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Recent Examples of streams
Verb
Under dark skies, the Milky Way visibly streams behind Deneb and through Altair like a river of stars. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026 Globally, the event streams on Paramount+ at no additional cost, while DAZN PPV will carry it in the UK and Ireland. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 But according to the comic, her closing joke won’t be seen in the Netflix broadcast of the event, which streams on July 21. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 July 2026 Apple Music offers non-compressed, lossless audio music streams that top out at 24-bit/48KHz, and hi-res, lossless streams top out at 24-bit/192KHz. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026 Advertisement The report contains clues about how Mozilla might be planning to sustain itself if the revenue streams from Firefox dry up. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 July 2026 The union is still negotiating an agreement with Universal Television’s The Four Seasons, which streams on Netflix. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026 The Spanish-language broadcast airs on Telemundo and streams on Peacock. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 9 July 2026 Instead of asking whether existing programs are delivering results, Congress piles new spending and new funding streams onto an already fragmented system. — Andy Harris, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streams
  1. rivers
  2. flows
  3. beams
  4. pours
  5. rivulets
  6. fluxes
  7. rays
  8. watercourses
Noun
  • The main road home is closed, so players must detour through a wild valley full of hills, rivers and angry wildlife, while the janky physics turn every bump into potential disaster as the RV sways, tips and flips with ease.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
  • Lakes, rivers and the ocean pose additional hazards, including currents, changing depths and underwater obstacles, so families should take extra precautions when swimming there.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of rivers
Noun
  • About 20% of the world's oil flows throw the strait, and Iran's ability to block the flow of tankers has roiled the global economy, sending oil prices soaring.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of flows
Noun
  • In Galecki’s home, wood beams and columns recall its log cabin roots.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • The machine fires X-ray beams at a subject, then uses a specialized camera to record how a bone absorbs the beams based on density.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of beams
Verb
  • Aperol spritzes flowed off to one side, wine pours in the middle of the room, and plates of salads, seafood, paninis, pasta, and sweets were served—often by Vizzari and Dosio themselves.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Celebrities with reach and personal reasons for going alcohol-free are now designing sparkling aperitifs, functional tonics, craft beers, wines and mixers built to sit comfortably next to anything a bartender pours.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of pours
Noun
  • Madly sentient guts spill from the sitter’s back in swollen rivulets.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Definition of rivulets
Noun
  • During this storm, some space weather forecasters reported temporary data dropouts, likely caused by intense proton fluxes degrading spacecraft measurements.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The satellite’s microwave radiometer can detect subtle variations in sea-surface salinity, which is critical for studying ocean circulation, freshwater fluxes, and climate patterns.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of fluxes
Noun
  • They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • In the human body, thick bones absorb the most X-rays, and appear white on the resultant image.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of rays
Noun
  • At the same time, there are riparian natives — those that grow along watercourses — which may need regular attention in terms of water needs for many years after planting.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of watercourses

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