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A n2 ( flow) a stream of un flot de [traffic, customers, questions, jokes] ; un torrent de [insults, invective] ; un jet de [light, flames] ; une coulée de [lava] ; un écoulement de [water] ; a stream of abuse un torrent d'insultes ;4 GB, Sch groupe m de niveau ; the top/middle/bottom stream le groupe des élèves forts/moyens/faibles ; the A stream ≈ le groupe des élèves forts ; to divide a class into streams répartir une classe en groupes de niveau.C vi1 ( flow) [tears, blood, water] ruisseler ; blood was streaming from the wound le sang ruisselait de la blessure ; water was streaming down the walls l'eau ruisselait sur les murs ; sunlight was streaming into the room le soleil entrait à flots dans la pièce ; tears were streaming down his face ses larmes coulaient à flots ;2 ( move) [traffic, cars, people] ( into a place) affluer ; ( out of a place) [traffic, cars] sortir à flots ; [people] sortir en foule ; they streamed through the gates ils ont franchi le portail en foule ;4 [eyes, nose] couler ; my eyes were streaming j'avais les yeux qui coulaient ; pollen makes his nose stream le pollen lui fait couler le nez.to come on stream [factory, oil field] entrer en activité.
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Drift of the forest — Drift Drift, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See {Drive}.] 1. A driving; a violent movement. [1913 Webster] The dragon drew… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Drift netting — Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, are allowed to float freely at the surface of a sea or lake. Usually a drift net is a gill net with floats attached to a rope along the top of the net, and weights … Wikipedia
drift net — drift′ net n. bus a fishing net, usu. many miles in length, supported by floats that allow it to be carried with the current • Etymology: 1845–50 … From formal English to slang
drift net — noun a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current • Hypernyms: ↑fishnet, ↑fishing net * * * noun : a large net that is arranged to drift with the tide or current and that is either buoyed up by floats or attached to a drift… … Useful english dictionary
drift — n. & v. n. 1 a slow movement or variation. b such movement caused by a slow current. 2 the intention, meaning, scope, etc. of what is said etc. (didn t understand his drift). 3 a large mass of snow, sand, etc., accumulated by the wind. 4 esp.… … Useful english dictionary
drift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 slow movement ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, slow ▪ leftward, rightward ▪ He criticized the rightward drift of the party. ▪ continental … Collocations dictionary
drift — 01. We turned off the motor on the boat, and just [drifted] with the current for a while. 02. I lay on my air mattress on the lake, and just [drifted] around enjoying the sunshine. 03. The boy [drifted] into crime because his parents never seemed … Grammatical examples in English
drift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, heap, deposit; movement, deviation; tendency, meaning.See assemblage, motion, direction. v. i. proceed aimlessly; pile up. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tendency in movement] Syn. bent, tenor, trend … English dictionary for students