outstream
outstream verb: to stream outward.
Verb
outstream (third-person singular simple present outstreams, present participle outstreaming, simple past and past participle outstreamed)
- To stream outward.
- If there was a sharp point nearby, electricity would stream from it in a luminous brush, a little corposant, and one could blow out candles with the outstreaming “electric wind,” or even get this to turn a little rotor on its pivot.2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
Forms of outstream
| third-person singular present | outstreams |
|---|---|
| present participle | outstreaming |
| past participle | outstreamed |
| past | outstreamed |
Origin of outstream
From out- + stream.
Questions about outstream
- What does outstream mean?
- Outstream means to stream outward.
- What part of speech is outstream?
- Outstream is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outstream?
- The past tense of outstream is outstreamed.
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