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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#m1)

2) A stream is a continuous flow of something, like a stream of water, cars or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#m2)

3) To stream means to flow continuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#m3)

4) To stream video or music means to play it straight from the internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#m4)

5) In some schools, a stream is a group of pupils of similar level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x1)
- The stream flows into the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x2)
- Never try to cross a fast stream after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x3)
- Don't drink water straight from a stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x4)
- A stream of people came out of the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x5)
- Tears streamed down his cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x6)
- We streamed the film on the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x7)
- Light streamed through the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x8)
- He leaped into the deep, swift stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/11/)
- [Many musicians earn more from concerts and merch than from streams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/6/)
- [The shy black stork, a cousin, hides in deep forests near streams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/19/)
- [In the cold fast streams lives the biggest amphibian in the world, the Chinese giant salamander.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/3/)
- [As sugar dissolves you can see wavy streams, because the sugary water bends light differently from plain water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stream» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stream/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.