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Stream

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Noun

1. stream, watercourse

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

2. current, flow, stream

dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

Example Sentences:
'two streams of development run through American history'
'stream of consciousness'
'the flow of thought'
'the current of history'

3. flow, stream

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

4. flow, stream

something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

Example Sentences:
'a stream of people emptied from the terminal'
'the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors'

5. current, stream

a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

Example Sentences:
'the raft floated downstream on the current'
'he felt a stream of air'
'the hose ejected a stream of water'

Verb

6. stream

to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

Example Sentences:
'their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind'

7. stream

exude profusely

Example Sentences:
'She was streaming with sweat'
'His nose streamed blood'

8. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem

move in large numbers

Example Sentences:
'people were pouring out of the theater'
'beggars pullulated in the plaza'

9. pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream

rain heavily

Example Sentences:
'Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!'

10. stream, well out

flow freely and abundantly

Example Sentences:
'Tears streamed down her face'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stream

see synonyms of stream
noun
1. 
a small river; brook
2. 
any steady flow of water or other fluid
3. 
something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction
4. 
a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etc
a stream of abuse
5. 
a flow of money into a business
a revenue stream
6. British
any of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability
7.  go with the stream
8.  off stream
9.  on stream
verb
10. 
to emit or be emitted in a continuous flow
his nose streamed blood
11. (intransitive)
to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc
12. (intransitive)
to float freely or with a waving motion
bunting streamed in the wind
13. (transitive)
to unfurl (a flag, etc)
14. (intransitive)
to move causing a trail of light, condensed gas, etc, as a jet aircraft
15. (when intr, often foll by for) mining
to wash (earth, gravel, etc) in running water in prospecting (for gold, etc), to expose the particles of ore or metal
16. British education
to group or divide (children) in streams
17. 
to transfer (esp audio or video data) in a continuous flow

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Stream

see synonyms of stream
noun
1. 
a current or flow of water or other liquid, esp. one running along the surface of the earth; specif., a small river
2. 
a steady movement or flow
a. 
of any fluid
a stream of cold air
b. 
of rays of energy
a stream of light
3. 
a continuous series or succession
a stream of cars
4. 
a trend or course
the stream of events
5.  Education; British
any of the sections formed when students within a grade level are grouped, as according to their abilities
verb intransitive
6. 
to flow in or as in a stream
7. 
to give off a stream; flow (with)
eyes streaming with tears
8. 
to move steadily or continuously
9. 
to move swiftly; rush
fire streamed up the wall
10. 
to extend or stretch out; float; fly, as a flag in the breeze
11. 
to transmit data by streaming (sense 1)
verb transitive
12. 
to cause to stream
13. 
to transmit by streaming (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stream

see synonyms of stream
n.
1.
a. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
b. A steady current in such a flow of water.
2. A steady current of a fluid.
3. A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession: a stream of commuters; a stream of insults. See Synonyms at flow.
4. A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.
5. A beam or ray of light.
6. Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.
7. Computers A steady flow of data.
v. streamed, stream·ing, streams
v.intr.
1. To flow in a stream or current.
2. To pour forth or give off a stream; flow: My eyes were streaming with tears.
3. To move or arrive in large numbers; pour: Traffic was streaming by. Fan mail streamed in.
4. To extend, wave, or float outward: The banner streamed in the breeze.
5.
a. To leave a continuous trail of light.
b. To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.
v.tr.
1. To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).
2. Computers To transmit or receive (audio or video content), especially over the internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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