stream (noun)
51fast stream — noun (in eg the civil service) a category of personnel who have been selected for rapid promotion to senior posts • • • Main Entry: ↑fast …
52main stream — noun 1. A river with tributaries 2. The chief direction or trend in any historical development, including that of an art • • • Main Entry: ↑main …
53ocean-stream — oˈcean streamˈ noun (Milton) The river Oceanus (Okeanos), supposed to encircle the land of the world • • • Main Entry: ↑ocean …
54spill-stream — spillˈ stream noun 1. An overflow channel 2. A bayou • • • Main Entry: ↑spill …
55tidal stream — noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream • Syn: ↑tidal river, ↑tidewater river, ↑tidewater stream • Hypernyms: ↑stream, ↑watercourse • Part Holonyms: ↑t …
56third order stream — noun A stream formed by the confluence of two second order streams, or of a second order stream and a third order stream …
57second order stream — noun a stream formed by the confluence of two first order streams, or of a first order stream and a second order stream …
58tidewater stream — noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream • Syn: ↑tidal river, ↑tidewater river, ↑tidal stream • Hypernyms: ↑stream, ↑watercourse • Part Holonyms: ↑tidewater …
59violent stream — noun a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) the houses were swept away in the torrent • Syn: ↑torrent • Derivationally related forms: ↑torrential (for: ↑torrent) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
60first order stream — noun A stream that has no permanent tributaries …
