1. stream
The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.
A small stream runs by my house.
A stream of people came out of the theater.
Drink water from a stream.
Our policies and systems are getting outdated and need revising, but to try to swap horses while crossing a stream might be dangerous.
The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
There's been a constant stream of complaint calls since last week.
It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
When I regained my senses, it seemed that fur had grown on my fingers and knees. When it became slightly brighter, I looked at my reflection in a mountain stream, and I realized that I had become a tiger.
If this organization is left as it is, it will soon go bankrupt; its recovery is as difficult as swapping horses while crossing a stream.
Time is but the stream I go a fishing in.
I love to fish in the trout stream behind my house.
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.