Meaning of astream | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Streaming, flowing (of a liquid, object blown by wind, light, sound).
   not-comparable
2. Having something flowing from, down or along it; covered (with something flowing).
   not-comparable

Examples

“The biker sped by, hair astream from under her helmet.”

“Glorious the northern lights astream;”

“[…] as a finger of smoke⟳ / Astream over woodland”

“1968, Donald G. Payne (as Donald Gordon), The Golden Oyster, New York: William Morrow, 1968, Prologue, p. 14, […] oil astream from his engine, he came on till a burst⟳ of incendiaries hit him flush in the fuel tank.”

“The charioteer […] / His left hand lopped […] / Bronze reins astream in his right,”

“Past the finish⟳ line, she doubled over panting, her hair astream with sweat⟳.”

“There the swishing tailed cows stand⟳ with mouths all astream,”

“1958, Samuel Beckett (translator), “Morning” by José Manuel Martínez Navarrete, in Octavio Paz (ed.), An Anthology of Mexican Poetry, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press⟳, p. 92, In an instant / the world entire is astream with joy.”

“[…] he twisted his head sharply and stared at the dark windows astream with rain⟳,”

“the causeways to Miami Beach all astream with traffic”

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