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Definition of 'stream'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stream
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.

2.  stream
any flow or current of liquid, fluid, or gas.

3.  stream
a trail of light; beam:
a stream of moonlight.

4.  stream
a continuous succession:
a stream of words.

5.  stream
prevailing direction; drift:
the stream of opinion.

6. (v.i.) stream
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream.

7.  stream
to emit a fluid copiously:
eyes streaming with tears.

8.  stream
to extend in rays:
Sunlight streamed in.

9.  stream
to proceed continuously:
traffic streaming by.

10.  stream
to wave, as a flag in the wind.

11.  stream
to hang in a flowing manner:
streaming hair.

12. (v.t.) stream
to discharge in a stream:
The wound streamed blood.

13.  stream
to cause to float outward, as a flag.

Definition of 'stream'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stream, watercourse
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

2. (noun) stream, flow, current
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
"two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

3. (noun) flow, stream
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

4. (noun) stream, flow
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
"a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

5. (verb) current, stream
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
"the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"

6. (verb) stream
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
"their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

7. (verb) stream
exude profusely
"She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"

8. (verb) pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

9. (verb) pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

10. (verb) stream, well out
flow freely and abundantly
"Tears streamed down her face"

Definition of 'stream'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stream
a small river
a rocky stream

2.  stream
a series of things that happen or appear quickly, one after another
a steady stream of visitors; a stream of apologies

3.  stream
a continuous flow or movement of sth
He exhaled a stream of smoke.

4.  stream
a group of students of similar ability

5. (verb) stream
to flow continuously
Tears streamed down her face.

6.  stream
(of a series of things or events) to happen or appear quickly, one after another
People streamed out of the theater.; Questions have streamed in from listeners.

7.  stream
to transfer data to a computer so that it can be used as it is downloaded
You can stream the concert onto your cellphone.

8.  stream
to put students in groups according to ability

Definition of 'stream'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stream
a current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano

2. (noun) stream
a beam or ray of light

3. (noun) stream
anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand

4. (noun) stream
a continued current or course; as, a stream of weather

5. (noun) stream
current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners

6. (verb) stream
to issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes

7. (verb) stream
to pour out, or emit, a stream or streams

8. (verb) stream
to issue in a stream of light; to radiate

9. (verb) stream
to extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind

10. (verb) stream
to send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears

11. (verb) stream
to mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts

12. (verb) stream
to unfurl

Translation of 'stream'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small river or brook He managed to jump across the stream.
Afrikaans: stroom	Arabic: جَدْوَل، نُهَيْر	Bulgarian: поток
Brazilian: riacho	Czech: potok	German: der Wasserlauf
Danish: vandløb	Greek: ποταμάκι, ρυάκι	Spanish: riachuelo, arroyo
Estonian: oja	Farsi: نهر	Finnish: puro
French: ruisseau	Hebrew: נַחַל	Hindi: दरिया, नदी, सरिता
Croatian: potok	Hungarian: patak	Indonesian: anak sungai
Icelandic: á, lækur	Italian: ruscello	Japanese: 小川
Korean: 시내, 개울	Lithuanian: upelis	Latvian: strauts; upīte
Malay: anak sungai	Dutch: stroom	Norwegian: liten elv, bekk
Polish: strumień	Persian: نهر	Pashto: نهر
Portuguese: ribeiro	Romanian: pârâu	Russian: ручей
Slovak: potok	Slovenian: potok	Serbian: potok
Swedish: ström, vattendrag	Thai: ลำธาร	Turkish: çay, dere
Taiwanese: 溪流	Ukrainian: потік, струмок	Urdu: ندی یا نالہ
Vietnamese: dòng suối	Chinese: 溪流
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