Definitions
Small flowing waterway; also a continuous flow.
Word origin
From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum.
Used in a sentence
“Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].”
“European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.”
“He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Flowing creek”6 letters
02“Small flowing waterway”6 letters
03“Flow of water”6 letters
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