- a small, narrow river
- a mountain stream
- We waded across a shallow stream.
- Our rivers and streams are polluted with a host of chemicals.
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb2- The stream flows through a narrow valley.
- There are small fish in the stream.
- We picnicked beside a bubbling stream.
- a leaf floating on the stream
- Many underground streams flow beneath the forest.
- We waded across a little mountain stream.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- shallow
- …
- cross
- ford
- pollute
- …
- flow
- run
- trickle
- …
- bed
- across a/the stream
- down a/the stream
- up a/the stream
- …
- the edge of the stream
- the side of the stream
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- a continuous flow of liquid or gas
- a jet stream
- stream of something A stream of blood flowed from the wound.
- He blew out a stream of cigar smoke.
Extra Examples- Giant turbines blast a stream of air into the tube.
- The stream of hot water hit the bottom of the bath.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- thin
- air
- gas
- …
- emit
- let in
- flow
- stream of
- a continuous flow of people or vehicles
- stream of something/somebody I've had a steady stream of visitors.
- a continuous stream of people/traffic
- in a stream Cars filed past in an endless stream.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- continuous
- endless
- …
- generate
- send
- let loose
- …
- stream of
- stream of consciousness
- a continuous supply of something; a large number of things that happen one after the other
- stream of something The agency provided me with a steady stream of work.
- a constant stream of enquiries
- Most of the letter consisted of a stream of abuse.
Extra Examples- He let loose a stream of insults and obscenities.
- She had to deal with a constant stream of enquiries.
- She was able to play streams of difficult notes with extreme accuracy.
- There were endless streams of mail which could not all be read.
- a constant stream of letters
- The computer generates a steady stream of emails.
- He let loose a stream of abuse.
- We have established several different streams of funding.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- continuous
- endless
- …
- generate
- send
- let loose
- …
- stream of
- stream of consciousness
- (computing) a continuous flow of video or sound sent over the internet; a continuous flow of computer data or instructions
- You can listen to the live audio stream.
- (especially British English) a group of students of the same age and level of ability in some schools
- She was put into the fast stream.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc2- Children who find themselves in the bottom stream feel discouraged.
- He was put into the top stream.
Word OriginOld English strēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.
Idioms
See stream in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee stream in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe/come on stream
- to be in operation or available
- The new computer system comes on stream next month.
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