flow
stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
warhead
payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
bloodstream
blood stream | the blood flowing through the circulatory system |
| stream of consciousness | the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience |
burden load
encumbrance
incumbrance
onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
| stream of consciousness | a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy |
| stored program | a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it |
current
stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
torrent
violent stream | a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid), the houses were swept away in the torrent |
stream
flow
current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
load line
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark
Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
stream
watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
tidal river
tidewater river
tidal stream
tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
lode
load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
| load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
| jet stream | a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere, has important effects of the formation of weather fronts |
| Gulf stream | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean |
meteor shower
meteor stream | a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
stream orchid
chatterbox
giant helleborine
Epipactis gigantea | orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf |
| load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load
loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
| load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
stream
flow | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously, a stream of people emptied from the terminal, the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors |
| stream | exude profusely, She was streaming with sweat, His nose streamed blood |
load adulterate
stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
| pack load down | load with a pack |
| load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |
| load charge | provide (a device) with something necessary, He loaded his gun carefully, load the camera |
| load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance, load the bags onto the trucks |
pour
swarm
stream teem
pullulate | move in large numbers, people were pouring out of the theater, beggars pullulated in the plaza |
stream
well out | flow freely and abundantly, Tears streamed down her face |
| stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind, their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind |
take a look
have a look
get a load | look at with attention, Have a look at this!, Get a load of this pretty woman! |
| load c | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory |
pour
pelt
stream
rain cats and dogs
rain buckets | rain heavily, Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! |
load-bearing(a)
supporting(a) | capable of bearing a structural load, a supporting wall |
| stored-program | of or concerning programs stored in the computer's own memory |