stream

Meanings

Plural: streams

Noun

• a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
  • "two streams of development run through American history"
  • "stream of consciousness"
• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
  • "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
• 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"
• A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
• All moving waters.
• A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
• Current, the force of moving water.
• Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
• A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
• A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
• Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
• An instance of streaming digital data.
• Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
• A live stream.
• A division of a school year by perceived ability.
• A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.

Verb

• to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
  • "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
• exude profusely
  • "She was streaming with sweat"
  • "His nose streamed blood"
• move in large numbers
• rain heavily
• flow freely and abundantly
  • "Tears streamed down her face"
• To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
• To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
• To discharge in a stream.
• To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
• To livestream.

Synonyms

beck, brook, burn, current, flow, pelt, pour, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, swarm, teem, watercourse, well out