stream

[stri:m] 1. noun

1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) ribeiro

2) (a flow of eg water, air etc: A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.) corrente

3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) corrente

4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) turma

2. verb

1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) fluir

2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) seleccionar

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- streamer

- streamlined

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[stri:m] n 1 rio, córrego. 2 corrente, torrente, luxo, jacto, jorro. 3 curso (de um rio), correnteza. 4 canal, água navegável. 5 direção, tendência, curso. • vt+vi 1 correr, fluir. 2 mover-se continuamente ou rapidamente, afluir, confluir. 3 jorrar. 4 escorrer, derramar, transbordar. 5 flutuar, ondear (ao sabor do vento). on stream em produção. stream of consciousness Psych fluxo de consciência, diálogo interior (principalmente em literatura). stream of words torrente de palavras. to go / swin against the stream ir contra o que a maioria acha. he goes against the stream / fig ele nada contra a corrente. to go with the stream seguir a opinião da maioria.