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US except in placenames kill, US creek, branch: If the streams
continue to swell, flooding can be expected in low-lying areas.
2 flow, current, outpouring, effluence or efflux, effusion,
rush, spurt, surge, fountain, geyser, torrent, flood, deluge,
cataract, cascade: A stream of bubbles showed where the diver
was swimming. A stream of obscenities poured from his lips. 3
flow, rush, swarm, tide, flood, deluge, succession, series, row,
line, string, chain, barrage, Brit queue: Simon has had a
constant stream of visitors all morning.
--v. 4 run, flow, course, glide, rush, slide, slip, surge;
pour, issue, emanate, gush, flood, spout, well up or out or
forth, squirt, spurt, shoot, jet; cascade: The rain streamed
down the windows. 5 issue, emanate; rush, surge, pour, flood,
file, proceed, march, walk, move: People streamed in and out of
the building all day long.
streamer n. pennant, banner, pennon, flag, bannerette or banneret,
banderole or banderol or bannerol, gonfalon or gonfanon, jack,
burgee: A long streamer fluttered from the mast.
streamlined
adj. 1 aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, curved, curvilinear; smooth,
flowing: Streamlined design began to appear in cars and boats
in the 1930s. 2 modern, ultra-modern, modernistic, modernized,
up to date, time-saving, labour-saving, compact,
(well-)organized, efficient, automated: Mother always dreamt
about having a streamlined kitchen. 3 well-run, smooth,
efficient, automated, labour-saving, time-saving, profitable,
productive, simplified: He designed a fully streamlined
manufacturing process for us.
street n. 1 thoroughfare, way, road, roadway, high road, avenue,
concourse, boulevard, lane, drive, terrace, circle, row,
passage, alley, byway: I don't know the name of the street
where she lives. 2 up (someone's) Brit street or US alley.
(someone's) cup of tea, in (someone's) bailiwick, suiting
(someone) to a T: Crossword puzzles are very much up Eugene's
street.
strength n. 1 power, might, force, mightiness, robustness, toughness,
stoutness, sturdiness, brawn, brawniness, muscle, sinew: Do you
have the strength to lift that by yourself? 2 fortitude,