stream

«stream» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, narrow river — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stream, streams); verb (stream, streams, streamed, streaming)

meaning for a pupil

1) A stream is a small, narrow river. tree →

2) A stream is a continuous flow of something, like a stream of water, cars or people. tree →

3) To stream means to flow continuously. tree →

4) To stream video or music means to play it straight from the internet. tree →

5) In some schools, a stream is a group of pupils of similar level. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, streams flow downhill and join to make rivers; they are habitats for fish, insects and frogs. In safety, streams can rise quickly after rain and rocks are slippery: never cross fast-moving water, and do not drink stream water without treating it. In everyday life, «tears streamed down her face», «a stream of cars», and families stream films and music online — screen time and online safety rules apply. «Downstream» and «upstream» describe the direction of flow.

examples

• We paddled in the stream. tree →
• The stream flows into the river. tree →
• Never try to cross a fast stream after heavy rain. tree →
• Don't drink water straight from a stream. tree →
• A stream of people came out of the stadium. tree →
• Tears streamed down his cheeks. tree →
• We streamed the film on the TV. tree →
• Light streamed through the window. tree →
• He leaped into the deep, swift stream. tree →

note

Countable noun. Regular verb: streamed, streaming. A stream is smaller than a river; a «brook» or «creek» (US, Australia) is similar. «Upstream» = towards where the water comes from; «downstream» = the way the water flows. «Livestream» = a live video online.

In the corpora

• A grown-up's or teenager's profile on a streaming app shows films for their age, not yours.
• Many musicians earn more from concerts and merch than from streams.
• The shy black stork, a cousin, hides in deep forests near streams.
• In the cold fast streams lives the biggest amphibian in the world, the Chinese giant salamander.
• As sugar dissolves you can see wavy streams, because the sugary water bends light differently from plain water.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stream» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.