flow
stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
| industrial watercourse | a canal that is operated by one or more industries |
watercourse
waterway | a conduit through which water flows |
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 |
| stream of consciousness | a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy |
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 |
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 |
| watercourse | natural or artificial channel through which water flows |
| 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 |
| perennial | (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more |
western ragweed
perennial ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya | coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| perennial salt marsh aster | a variety of aster |
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 |
perennial ryegrass
English ryegrass
Lolium perenne | European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass |
broad-leaved everlasting pea
perennial pea
Lathyrus latifolius | perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers, naturalized in North America |
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 |
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 |
pour
pelt
stream
rain cats and dogs
rain buckets | rain heavily, Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! |
perennial
recurrent
repeated | recurring again and again, perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements |
| perennial | lasting three seasons or more, the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant |
| perennial | lasting an indefinitely long time, suggesting self-renewal, perennial happiness |