transcription, транскрипция: [ stri:m ]
( streams, streaming, streamed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A stream is a small narrow river.
There was a small stream at the end of the garden.
...a mountain stream.
N-COUNT
2.
A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it.
He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke...
Add the oil in a slow, steady stream.
N-COUNT : with supp , usu N of n
3.
A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them.
There was a stream of traffic behind him.
N-COUNT : with supp , usu N of n
4.
A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another.
We had a constant stream of visitors.
N-COUNT : with supp , usu N of n
5.
If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts.
Tears streamed down their faces...
She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair.
VERB : V prep / adv , V prep / adv
6.
If your eyes are streaming , liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming .
Her eyes were streaming now from the wind...
A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat.
VERB : usu cont , V , V-ing
7.
If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers.
Refugees have been streaming into Travnik for months...
VERB : V prep / adv
8.
When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it.
Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard.
VERB : V prep / adv
9.
If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream , it begins to operate or becomes available.
As new mines come on stream, Chile’s share of world copper output will increase sharply...
PHRASE : usu V PHRASE
10.
see also jet stream