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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