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astream

Adjective CEFR B1
əˈstɹiːm

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”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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