"backstream" meaning in English

See backstream in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: backstreams [plural]
Etymology: From back + stream. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|stream}} back + stream Head templates: {{en-noun}} backstream (plural backstreams)
  1. A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
    Sense id: en-backstream-en-noun-s48J4YJn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6

Verb

Forms: backstreams [present, singular, third-person], backstreaming [participle, present], backstreamed [participle, past], backstreamed [past]
Etymology: From back + stream. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|stream}} back + stream Head templates: {{en-verb}} backstream (third-person singular simple present backstreams, present participle backstreaming, simple past and past participle backstreamed)
  1. (intransitive) To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-backstream-en-verb-LitgDhxn

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From back + stream.",
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      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy."
      ],
      "id": "en-backstream-en-noun-s48J4YJn",
      "links": [
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "main",
          "main"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ],
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "backstream"
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    },
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      "form": "backstreaming",
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      "form": "backstreamed",
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        "To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction."
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        "(intransitive) To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction."
      ],
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        "A current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy."
      ],
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          "main",
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          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "form": "backstreamed",
      "tags": [
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    },
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        "To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction."
      ],
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          "flow",
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          "current",
          "current"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction."
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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