stream : Idioms & Phrases

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Back stream

  • a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
Webster 1913

blood stream

  • noun the blood flowing through the circulatory system
    bloodstream.
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Gulf stream

  • noun a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
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  • . See under Gulf.
Webster 1913

jet stream

  • noun 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
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meteor stream

  • noun a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
    meteor shower.
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Stream anchor, Stream cable

  • . (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable.
Webster 1913

Stream ice

  • blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction.
Webster 1913

stream of consciousness

  • noun a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
  • noun the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience
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stream orchid

  • noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
    chatterbox; giant helleborine; Epipactis gigantea.
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Stream tin

  • particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.
Webster 1913

Stream works

  • (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. Ure.
Webster 1913

tidal stream

  • noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
    tidal river; tidewater river; tidal stream.
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tidewater stream

  • noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
    tidal river; tidewater river; tidal stream.
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To float with the stream

  • figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. Colloq. = go with the flow, blow with the wind.
Webster 1913

To stream the buoy

  • to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.
Webster 1913

violent stream

  • noun a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
    torrent.
    • the houses were swept away in the torrent
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