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Antonyms for stream

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : streem
Phonetic Transcription : strim


Definition of stream

Origin :
  • Old English stream "a course of water," from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (cf. Old Saxon strom, Old Norse straumr, Danish strøm, Swedish ström, Norwegian straum, Old Frisian stram, Dutch stroom, Old High German stroum, German Strom "current, river"), from PIE root *sreu- "flow" (see rheum). Meaning "current in the sea" (e.g. Gulf Stream) is recorded from late 14c. Stream of consciousness in lit crit first recorded 1931, originally in psychology (1855).
  • noun small river
  • verb flow from
Example sentences :
  • A stream of water, pure as crystal, flowed along the path, from the summit to the base.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • There's one about a quarter of a mile down the stream—Stetson's boat.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Thoughts of crossing the stream by swimming occurred to him.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • They were on the bank of a stream of some width, and apparently a deep and rapid one.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Halbert looked after him, enviously, as he rowed the boat out into the stream.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Running at a low level, the waters of that stream were deplorably dirty.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • There is one stream which I dread my inability to stem—it is the tide of Popular Opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The first of these motives is a stream of copious abuse, as in Per.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • If the trail continued, it must follow the bed of the stream.
  • Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
  • The Judge sprang from the car, leaped the stream, and started toward them.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

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