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Stream

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

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Broader term 19

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Crowd 76% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Exudate 76% connected

To exude.

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Exude 76% connected

To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Ooze 76% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

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Rain 76% connected

Reign.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Transude 76% connected

To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Narrower term 21

Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Brook 76% connected

A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

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Creek 76% connected

A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

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Eddy 76% connected

A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

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Maelstrom 76% connected

A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

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Overflow 76% connected

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Rill 76% connected

A very small brook; a streamlet.

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River 76% connected

One who rives or splits.

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Rivulet 76% connected

A small stream or brook; a streamlet.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Runnel 76% connected

A rivulet or small brook.

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Spill 76% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Streamlet 76% connected

A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

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Torrent 76% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Undercurrent 76% connected

A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.

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Undertide 76% connected

Alt. of Undertime

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Vortex 76% connected

A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to…

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Whirlpool 76% connected

An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center,…

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Manner of action 3

Sheet 76% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Sluice 76% connected

An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood ga…

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Spin 76% connected

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Derivationally related 4

Flow 74% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flow 74% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Streamlet 74% connected

A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

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Streamlet 74% connected

A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

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Component part 3

Crossing 70% connected

of Cross

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Ford 70% connected

A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.

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Meander 70% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

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Synonym 7

Current 92% connected

Running or moving rapidly.

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Flow 92% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Pelt 92% connected

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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Pour 92% connected

Poor.

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Pullulate 92% connected

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

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Swarm 92% connected

To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.

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Teem 92% connected

To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.

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