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STREAM

Definition:

[noun] a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Synonyms: watercourse
[noun] dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
Synonyms: flow, current
[noun] a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
Synonyms: current
[noun] the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Synonyms: flow
[noun] something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
Synonyms: flow
[verb] to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
[verb] exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
[verb] move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
Synonyms: pour, swarm, teem, pullulate
[verb] rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat
Synonyms: pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
[verb] flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
Synonyms: well out