Definition of streams

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • streams is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • streams is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • streams is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of streams


  • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (noun)

    Examples

    1. a stream of people emptied from the terminal

    Synonyms

    1. flow
  • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun)

    Examples

    1. the raft floated downstream on the current
    2. he felt a stream of air
    3. the hose ejected a stream of water

    Synonyms

    1. current
  • rain heavily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. pelt
    2. pour
    3. rain buckets
    4. rain cats and dogs
  • flow freely and abundantly (verb)

    Examples

    1. Tears streamed down her face

    Synonyms

    1. well out
  • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (noun)

    Examples

    1. two streams of development run through American history
    2. stream of consciousness

    Synonyms

    1. current
    2. flow
  • move in large numbers (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. pour
    2. pullulate
    3. swarm
    4. teem
  • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flow
  • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. watercourse
  • exude profusely (verb)

    Examples

    1. She was streaming with sweat
    2. His nose streamed blood
  • to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind (verb)

    Examples

    1. their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind

See definition of streams in Merriam Webster