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Stream and Continuing

stream

noun

  • A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
  • Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.
    • usage: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
  • The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression.
  • Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.
    • usage: "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
  • A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes. )
    • usage: "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"

verb

  • To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind.
    • usage: "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
  • Exude profusely.
    • usage: "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
  • Move in large numbers.
    • usage: "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
  • Rain heavily.
    • usage: "Put on your rain coat- it's pouring outside"
  • Flow freely and abundantly.
    • usage: "Tears streamed down her face"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(Military) STREAM stands for standard tensioned replenishment alongside method
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
continuing

verb

  • Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
    • usage: "Keep on working"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • Continue talking.
    • usage: "I know it's hard" he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on-pretend we are not in the room"
  • Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.
    • usage: "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • Move ahead; travel onward in time or space.
    • usage: "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  • Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
    • usage: "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
  • Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop.
    • usage: "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
  • Continue after an interruption.
    • usage: "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
  • Continue in a place, position, or situation.
    • usage: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
  • Span an interval of distance, space or time.
    • usage: "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • Exist over a prolonged period of time.
    • usage: "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

adjective

  • Remaining in force or being carried on without letup.
    • usage: "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
  • Of long duration.
    • usage: "chronic money problems"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Continue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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