"bestream" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bestreams [present, singular, third-person], bestreaming [participle, present], bestreamed [participle, past], bestreamed [past]
Etymology: From be- + stream. Cognate with German beströmen (“to pervade”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|stream}} be- + stream, {{cog|de|beströmen||to pervade}} German beströmen (“to pervade”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bestream (third-person singular simple present bestreams, present participle bestreaming, simple past and past participle bestreamed)
  1. (intransitive) To stream around, about, or all over; flood. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bestream-en-verb-xC-muEXN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 14 33 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 30 18 23 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 30 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  2. (transitive) To flow in a stream; stream down. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bestream-en-verb-z5nhc79u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 14 33 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 30 18 23 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 30 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  3. (transitive) To drench; mark by streams of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bestream-en-verb-kyxlfVAc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 14 33 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 30 18 23 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 30 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
  4. (transitive, by extension) To cover or be covered in; adorn; wear. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-bestream-en-verb-5Z5SolAw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 14 33 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 30 18 23 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 30 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 23 29 23
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          "text": "Tears bestreamed her face, and the Elder of Midpoint was somewhat bemused at this reception.",
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        "(transitive) To flow in a stream; stream down."
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          "ref": "1824, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Carlyle, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship: A Novel:",
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          "ref": "1868, Every Saturday: a journal of choice reading:",
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          "ref": "1885, Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor prophets:",
          "text": "Will ye dwell in houses artificially adorned, not so milch for use as for delight, and shall My dwelling-place, wherein was the Holy of holies, and the Cherubim, and the table of shew-brend, be bestreamed with rains, [...]",
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          "ref": "2004, Marcus Wood, The poetry of slavery:",
          "text": "I do remember a poor Negro, Under the torrid sun by parching thirst Oppress'd; with sweat-bestreamed brow he slaved, Planting of sugar-canes; [...]",
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        "(transitive) To drench; mark by streams of."
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        "To cover or be covered in; adorn; wear."
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