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US except in placenames kill, US creek, branch: If the streams<br />

continue to swell, flooding can be expected in low-lying areas.<br />

2 flow, current, outpouring, effluence or efflux, effusion,<br />

rush, spurt, surge, fountain, geyser, torrent, flood, deluge,<br />

cataract, cascade: A stream <strong>of</strong> bubbles showed where the diver<br />

was swimming. A stream <strong>of</strong> obscenities poured from his lips. 3<br />

flow, rush, swarm, tide, flood, deluge, succession, series, row,<br />

line, string, chain, barrage, Brit queue: Simon has had a<br />

constant stream <strong>of</strong> visitors all morning.<br />

--v. 4 run, flow, course, glide, rush, slide, slip, surge;<br />

pour, issue, emanate, gush, flood, spout, well up or out or<br />

forth, squirt, spurt, shoot, jet; cascade: <strong>The</strong> rain streamed<br />

down the windows. 5 issue, emanate; rush, surge, pour, flood,<br />

file, proceed, march, walk, move: People streamed in and out <strong>of</strong><br />

the building all day long.<br />

streamer n. pennant, banner, pennon, flag, bannerette or banneret,<br />

banderole or banderol or bannerol, gonfalon or gonfanon, jack,<br />

burgee: A long streamer fluttered from the mast.<br />

streamlined<br />

adj. 1 aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, curved, curvilinear; smooth,<br />

flowing: Streamlined design began to appear in cars and boats<br />

in the 1930s. 2 modern, ultra-modern, modernistic, modernized,<br />

up to date, time-saving, labour-saving, compact,<br />

(well-)organized, efficient, automated: Mother always dreamt<br />

about having a streamlined kitchen. 3 well-run, smooth,<br />

efficient, automated, labour-saving, time-saving, pr<strong>of</strong>itable,<br />

productive, simplified: He designed a fully streamlined<br />

manufacturing process for us.<br />

street n. 1 thoroughfare, way, road, roadway, high road, avenue,<br />

concourse, boulevard, lane, drive, terrace, circle, row,<br />

passage, alley, byway: I don't know the name <strong>of</strong> the street<br />

where she lives. 2 up (someone's) Brit street or US alley.<br />

(someone's) cup <strong>of</strong> tea, in (someone's) bailiwick, suiting<br />

(someone) to a T: Crossword puzzles are very much up Eugene's<br />

street.<br />

strength n. 1 power, might, force, mightiness, robustness, toughness,<br />

stoutness, sturdiness, brawn, brawniness, muscle, sinew: Do you<br />

have the strength to lift that by yourself? 2 fortitude,

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