I.
noun
1 small river
ADJECTIVE
▪ little , small
▪ shallow
▪ clear
▪ fast-flowing , rushing
▪ bubbling
▪
We picnicked beside a bubbling ~.
▪ trickling
▪ meandering
▪ mountain , underground
▪ salmon , trout
VERB + STREAM
▪ cross , ford
▪ pollute
STREAM + VERB
▪ flow , run , trickle
▪
The ~ flows through a narrow valley.
STREAM + NOUN
▪ bed
PREPOSITION
▪ across a/the ~
▪ down a/the ~ , up a/the ~
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There are small fish in the ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
a leaf floating on the ~
PHRASES
▪ the edge of the ~ , the side of the ~
2 continuous flow of a liquid/gas/light
ADJECTIVE
▪ thin
▪ air , gas
▪ jet
▪
The jet ~ in the northern hemisphere moves northward.
▪ blood (usually bloodstream )
▪
The drug is not absorbed into the bloodstream.
VERB + STREAM
▪ emit
▪ let in
STREAM + VERB
▪ flow
▪
A ~ of blood flowed from the wound.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
3 flow of people/vehicles/money/events
ADJECTIVE
▪ constant , continuous , endless , never-ending , steady , unending
▪
a constant ~ of letters
▪
Cars filed past in an endless ~.
▪ funding , income , revenue
▪
By licensing their works, artists can create an ongoing revenue ~.
▪ audio , data , video
▪
You can listen to the live audio ~.
VERB + STREAM
▪ generate
▪
The computer generates a steady ~ of emails.
▪ send
▪ let loose , let out
▪
He let loose a ~ of abuse.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of racist abuse
▪
We have established several different ~s of funding. ( esp. BrE )
PHRASES
▪ ~ of consciousness
▪
the stream-of-consciousness technique in modern literature
II.
verb
Stream is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ blood , ↑ eye , ↑ light , ↑ moonlight , ↑ sunlight , ↑ sunshine
Stream is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ video