Noun
- 1. cyclosis, streaming, organic phenomenon
- usage: the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
Verb
- 1. stream, float, drift, be adrift, blow
- usage: to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
- 2. stream, exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
- usage: exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
- 3. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate, crowd, crowd together
- usage: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- 4. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets, rain, rain down
- usage: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
- 5. stream, well out, run, flow, feed, course
- usage: flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
Adjective
- 1. streaming
- usage: exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"
- 2. streaming, unprocessed (vs. processed)
- usage: (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; "streaming audio"; "streaming video recording"
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