What does each word mean? A creak is a squeaking sound like the one made by a stair. Here is creak used in some example sentences: Watch out for the creaking stair. We heard an ominous creak. The rocking chair creaked but no one was sitting in it. Look up creak in the Spellzone dictionary. A creek is a stream of water that is smaller than a river. Here is creek used in some example sentences: The bubbling creek was peaceful to listen to. They live on the other side of the creek. The creek connects to the river. Look up creek in the Spellzone dictionary. Where does each word come from? The word...
Recently we shared ten words that have evolved in meaning as technology has advanced, here are ten more: refresh Refresh is the verb used to describe the act of reloading the data on a webpage (usually to see if any new information has been added). We refreshed the page to check the score. spam Spam refers to unwanted email or messages. Have you checked your spam folder? stream A stream is a continuous flow of video or audio information that is transmitted over the internet. The word is also used as a verb to describe the act of watching or listening to something in this way. We streamed the show on Netflix. ...
It would be interesting to ask different people what their first association with the word stream is. For me, the first thing that comes to mind is Netflix. Others, I’m sure, will think of small narrow rivers, or associate the word with the flow of people or air or smoke. Literary friends might think of stream of consciousness. In Old English, stream referred to a ‘course of water’ and in the twelfth century, the word started being used to describe ‘anything issuing from a source and flowing continuously’. Stream isn’t the only water-related word that has been borrowed in reference to technology – in the early days of the internet, ...
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