stream

nouns

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

is derived from

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

"two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

current, flow, stream

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

flow, stream

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

"a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

flow, stream

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"

current, stream

verbs

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

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

stream

is a type of (narrower)

be in motion due to some air or water current

"The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

be adrift, blow, drift, float

exude profusely

"She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"

stream

is a type of (narrower)

release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

"exude sweat through the pores"

exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude

move in large numbers

"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem

rain heavily

"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream

flow freely and abundantly

"Tears streamed down her face"

stream, well out