Stream

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Definition –

 

n.  any flow of water, liquid, fluid, or money.

n.  a small river.

n. the direction in which the water is moving.

n. a group of school students with similar abilities who are approximately the same age and are taught together.

v.t. to group and teach together school students with similar abilities who are approximately the same age.

v.t. to send or receive video or audio directly over the internet as a continuous flow.

v.i. to move continuously.

 

E.g. –

  • What is your stream in your school? (Answer – I am in 10th standard)
  • I am fishing near the stream.
  • A YouTuber is streaming on the internet.

 

In Hindi – n. शाखा (shakha), वर्ग (varg), धारा (dhara), नदी (nadi), झरना (jharana),  जलधारा/स्रोता (jaladhara/srota), तांता (tanata), स्रोत (srot), सरिता (sarita), नाला (nala), नाली (nali), रोमरेखा (romarekha).

v. लहराना (laharana), बहना (bahana), प्रवाहित होना (pravahit hona), धारा रूप में बहना (dhara rup men bahana), विभाजित करना (vibhajit karana), प्रवाह (pravah), निकालना (nikalana), फ़ेंकना (fenakana).


 

Phonetic Pronunciation –       uk    /striːm/        us   /striːm/

Stream.

 

Synonym – current, flood, flow, rush, spate, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, pour, run, roll, river, rivulet, aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway, millstream, floodway, sluice, sluiceway, swash, tideway, torrent, gutter, trough.

 

Antonym – stomp, stump, back up, flounder, struggle, clot, coagulate, congeal, harden, set…

 

Cognate Word – Conjugate – Stream (2nd and 3rd form – Streamed).

  • n. Streamlet.
  • adj. Streamlike.
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