Stream
noun
A small, narrow river.
We sat by a quiet stream and enjoyed a picnic.
Often appears as...
- mountain stream
- babbling stream
noun
A continuous flow of data or information.
The website provides a live stream of the football match.
Often appears as...
- stream of data
- live stream
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Technical
verb
Flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.
Tears were streaming down her face.
Often appears as...
- stream down
- stream out
noun
A class or course of study.
You have to choose between the science or arts stream.
Often appears as...
- science stream
- arts stream
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Make a continuous display of something.
People can stream their favorite shows directly to their television.
Often appears as...
- stream music
- stream television
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream.
People began to stream into the hall as soon as the doors were opened.
Often appears as...
- stream into
- stream out of
noun
A large amount of something that forms a line.
There was a steady stream of traffic on the main road.
Often appears as...
- stream of traffic
- stream of people
noun
A small, narrow river.
We sat by a quiet stream and enjoyed a picnic.
Often appears as...
- mountain stream
- babbling stream
noun
A continuous flow of data or information.
The website provides a live stream of the football match.
Often appears as...
- stream of data
- live stream
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.
Tears were streaming down her face.
Often appears as...
- stream down
- stream out
noun
A class or course of study.
You have to choose between the science or arts stream.
Often appears as...
- science stream
- arts stream
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Make a continuous display of something.
People can stream their favorite shows directly to their television.
Often appears as...
- stream music
- stream television
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream.
People began to stream into the hall as soon as the doors were opened.
Often appears as...
- stream into
- stream out of
noun
A large amount of something that forms a line.
There was a steady stream of traffic on the main road.
Often appears as...
- stream of traffic
- stream of people
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Pro Tip 1/2Size and Speed
Streams are usually smaller and can be calmer than rivers.
The gentle stream was only a foot wide.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Setting
Streams often appear in nature settings, evoking tranquility.
A clear stream cuts through the forest.
Pro Tip 1/2Size and Speed
Streams are usually smaller and can be calmer than rivers.
The gentle stream was only a foot wide.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Setting
Streams often appear in nature settings, evoking tranquility.
A clear stream cuts through the forest.
Pro Tip 1/2Size and Speed
Streams are usually smaller and can be calmer than rivers.
The gentle stream was only a foot wide.
Pro Tip 2/2Natural Setting
Streams often appear in nature settings, evoking tranquility.
A clear stream cuts through the forest.
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How does your body...
after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place? The answer is that it hitches a ride in your circulatory blood stream, cycling through your body in a race to do its job
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What does the pancreas...
so these digestive enzymes can perform their jobs. Lipase breaks down fatty substances, protease splits up proteins, and amylase divides carbohydrates to create energy-rich sugars. Most of those nutrients then get absorbed into the blood stream, and go on to enrich the body.
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Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
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Coal Mining's...
streams on the planet, some of the cleanest water on the planet. And that is a huge loss to this part of the world. MARGARET When that rock material is pushed over the edge of the now flattened mountain, it ends up dissolving a lot of minerals
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Four reasons you should...
new stream so what should you do go cold turkey make news inaccessible read long solid magazine articles that give your perspective read books that explain the world complexities try reading a book a week better two or three history school
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
and on their ankles sending them a constant stream of information as they sense the world around them there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with
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How stress affects your...
and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension.
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What really happens to...
and some of those are highly toxic. Together, they create a harmful stew called leachate, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
These two characteristics, with a few others, make them quasars. At the same time, the objects I study are producing some of the most powerful particle streams ever observed.
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How Do Cats Use Their...
Cats also have whiskers above their eyes and on their ankles, sending them a constant stream of information, as they sense the world around them.
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How does your body...
after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place? The answer is that it hitches a ride in your circulatory blood stream, cycling through your body in a race to do its job
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
so these digestive enzymes can perform their jobs. Lipase breaks down fatty substances, protease splits up proteins, and amylase divides carbohydrates to create energy-rich sugars. Most of those nutrients then get absorbed into the blood stream, and go on to enrich the body.
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
Video examples
Coal Mining's...
streams on the planet, some of the cleanest water on the planet. And that is a huge loss to this part of the world. MARGARET When that rock material is pushed over the edge of the now flattened mountain, it ends up dissolving a lot of minerals
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Four reasons you should...
new stream so what should you do go cold turkey make news inaccessible read long solid magazine articles that give your perspective read books that explain the world complexities try reading a book a week better two or three history school
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
and on their ankles sending them a constant stream of information as they sense the world around them there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with
Video examples
How stress affects your...
and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension.
Video examples
What really happens to...
and some of those are highly toxic. Together, they create a harmful stew called leachate, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
These two characteristics, with a few others, make them quasars. At the same time, the objects I study are producing some of the most powerful particle streams ever observed.
Video examples
How Do Cats Use Their...
Cats also have whiskers above their eyes and on their ankles, sending them a constant stream of information, as they sense the world around them.
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Harry Styles
English Musician
Ages ago, my girlfriend had this little park near her house, with a bridge running over a stream... and I set up all these candles on the bridge. But when I called her and told her she said it was too dark and she wasn't coming out.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
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George Eliot
British Author
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian Composer
I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Michael Fish
English Celebrity
The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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Tones and I
Australian Musician
Streaming services are very important.
Quote examples
Harry Styles
English Musician
Ages ago, my girlfriend had this little park near her house, with a bridge running over a stream... and I set up all these candles on the bridge. But when I called her and told her she said it was too dark and she wasn't coming out.
Quote examples
Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
Quote examples
George Eliot
British Author
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
Quote examples
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian Composer
I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming.
Quote examples
Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Quote examples
Michael Fish
English Celebrity
The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
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Tones and I
Australian Musician
Streaming services are very important.
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