stream

[stri:m] 1. noun

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

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.) tok

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

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

2. verb

1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) zlivati se, teči; plapolati

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

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- streamer

- streamlined

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I [stri:m]

noun

vodni tok, vodotok; tok, struja; reka (tudi figuratively), potok; figuratively smer, usmeritev; dolg niz (česa), obilica, velika množina

against the stream — proti toku

down the stream — po toku navzdol

up the stream — po toku navzgor

with the stream — s tokom (tudi figuratively)

Gulf stream — Zalivski tok

three-stream school British English šola s tremi različnimi usmeritvami

stream of tears (of blood) — potok solza (krvi)

to go with the stream figuratively slediti toku, delati (misliti) isto kot večina

II [stri:m]

intransitive verb

teči, strujati, izlivati se; curljati, cediti se, biti moker; (kri) močnó teči; (zastava) plapolati, viti se, vihrati; (meteor) švigniti; transitive verb pustiti teči (izteči, strujati); preplaviti; pustiti vihrati (zastavo); British English (učence) razdeliti v različne usmeritve