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instream

instream verb: to flow or stream in; flow or stream into.

Verb

instream (third-person singular simple present instreams, present participle instreaming, simple past and past participle instreamed)

  1. (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
    • The amnesiads in my Soapsac were reduced, accordingly, and ascension catalysts instreamed.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Noun

instream (plural instreams)

  1. The act or process of streaming or flowing in.
  2. That which flows in.

Forms of instream

Verb
third-person singular presentinstreams
present participleinstreaming
past participleinstreamed
pastinstreamed
Noun
pluralinstreams

Origin of instream

From in- + stream.

Words formed from instream

Questions about instream

What does instream mean?
Instream means to flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
What part of speech is instream?
Instream can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of instream?
The past tense of instream is instreamed.

Words near instream in the dictionary

  1. instoring
  2. instos
  3. Instow
  4. instr
  5. instratified
  6. instream
  7. instreamed
  8. instreaming
  9. instreamings
  10. instreams
  11. instrengthen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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