running stream

collocation in English

meaningsofrunningandstream

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running
adjective[after noun]
uk
/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/us
/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/
happening on a particular number of ...
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stream
noun[C]
uk
/striːm/us
/striːm/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ...
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(Definition ofrunningandstreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are also advantages to performing that bodily function near arunningstream.
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I think it, perfectly horrible that a fresh, clear,runningstreamof water should be polluted by sewage.
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One of the finest gifts of nature to-day is a clear,runningstreamof water.
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The ecclesiastical parishes largely went by groups of population; the civil parish chiefly by natural boundary and arunningstream.
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Education is very much like arunningstream.
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If there are no proper sanitary arrangements and no water supply, the tenants often have to go a quarter of a mile to fetch water from arunningstream.
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We must have the power to do that, although we are loth to exercise it for the purely practical reason that it is difficult to deal with arunningstream.
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They burned their dead and disposed of the ashes into anyrunningstream.
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A significant section of the cave runs along what is a stillrunningstreamthat is never more than a couple of feet in depth.
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There was a track of arunningstreamhard by, but springs everywhere.
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I need not mention the universally known fact, that no diabolical power can pursue you beyond the middle of arunningstream.
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Therunningstreamwith its fringe of trees, brush and rank growing grass, forms daylight quarters for the hen par excellence.
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Despite the name, the stream of unconsciousness occurs more in the form of waves than an actual continuousrunningstreamof dialogue.
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It does not consider the aesthetic benefits which is and always has been a vital part of the environment like a beautiful clearrunningstream.
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The general background (pitched tents,runningstreamrather than artificial ditches) is indicative of a point-to-point course rather than a permanent racecourse.
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Video is also an emerging option in type of camera traps, allowing researchers to record running streams of video, to document animal behavior.
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They are inhabitants of the splash-water zone of clear running streams in predominantly forests.
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A large green meadow, it has a few running streams near the camp and many places to spend the day rock climbing or rappelling.
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These finely crafted homes would stand amid majestic trees and running streams.
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