streams (A2)

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈstriːmz/

Definition

Flows of water in a channel or a continuous flow of liquid.

Examples

• Small streams fed into the mighty river.

• The sound of babbling streams filled the forest.

• Water streams down the mountainside after the rain.

How to Use streams

stream of consciousness (idiom)

A literary style in which a narrator's thoughts and feelings are depicted in a continuous and usually uninterrupted flow. — "The novel is written in a stream of consciousness style."

stream of data (collocation)

A continuous flow of digital information. — "The sensor generates a constant stream of data."

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