flow
stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
| perpetual motion machine | a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source, impossible under the law of conservation of energy |
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 |
| perpetual calendar | a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years |
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 |
| 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 |
| perpetual warrant | a warrant with no expiration date |
| perpetual motion | motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy, impossible in practice because of friction |
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! |
ceaseless
constant
incessant
never-ending
perpetual
unceasing
unremitting | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing, the ceaseless thunder of surf, in constant pain, night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city, the never-ending search for happiness, the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy, man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation, unremitting demands of hunger |
ageless
aeonian
eonian
eternal
everlasting
perpetual
unending
unceasing | continuing forever or indefinitely, the ageless themes of love and revenge, eternal truths, life everlasting, hell's perpetual fires, the unending bliss of heaven |