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[stri:m] 1. noun1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) á, lækur2) (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.) straumur, flaumur, flóð3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) straumur4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) bekkur (sem raðað er í skv. námsgetu)2. verb1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) streyma; blakta2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) raða eftir námsgetu•- streamer- streamlined
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brook — I. /brʊk / (say brook) noun 1. a small, natural stream of fresh water. 2. WA a creek: this brook is dry for most of the year. {Middle English; Old English brōc stream, related to German Bruch marsh} II. /brʊk / (say brook) verb (t) (usually in a… …
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brook|let — «BRUK liht», noun. a little brook; streamlet … Useful english dictionary
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brook|ite — «BRUK yt», noun. a mineral, titanium oxide, having the same composition as rutile but found in orthorhombic crystals of a brown or yellow color to black. Formula: TiO2 ╂[< H. J. Brooke, 1771 1857, an English mineralogist + English ite1] … Useful english dictionary
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