stream

[ streem ]

/ strim /

noun

a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.

a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream; the Gulf Stream.

any flow of water or other liquid or fluid: streams of blood.

a current or flow of air, gas, or the like.

a beam or trail of light: A stream of moonlight fell from the clouds.

a continuous flow or succession of anything: a stream of words.

prevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion.

Digital Technology. a flow of data, as an audio broadcast, a movie, or live video, transmitted smoothly and continuously from a source to a computer, mobile device, etc.

verb (used without object)

to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, as water, tears, or blood.

to send forth or throw off a stream; run or flow (often followed by with): eyes streaming with tears.

to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows.

to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession.

to wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind.

to hang in a loose, flowing manner, as long hair.

verb (used with object)

to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.

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

Digital Technology. to transfer or transmit (data) in such a way that it is processed in a steady and continuous stream: Internet service providers are talking about setting limits on the amount of data that can be streamed into your home.

Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel.

Idioms for stream

on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.

Origin of stream

before 900; (noun) Middle English streem, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum); (v.) Middle English streamen, derivative of the noun

synonym study for stream

Stream, current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains. Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current.

OTHER WORDS FROM stream

stream·less, adjective stream·like, adjective in·ter·stream, adjective out·stream, verb (used with object)

un·der·stream, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH stream

brook creek river stream

Words nearby stream

streak, streak culture, streak plate, streaking, streaky, stream, stream capture, stream of consciousness, stream-of-consciousness, streambed, streamer

British Dictionary definitions for outstream

stream

/ (striːm) /

noun

a small river; brook

any steady flow of water or other fluid

something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction

a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etc a stream of abuse

a flow of money into a business a revenue stream

British any of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability

go with the stream or drift with the stream to conform to the accepted standards

off stream (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production

on stream

(of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) in or about to go into operation or production
available or in existence

verb

to emit or be emitted in a continuous flow his nose streamed blood

(intr) to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc

(intr) to float freely or with a waving motion bunting streamed in the wind

(tr) to unfurl (a flag, etc)

(intr) to move causing a trail of light, condensed gas, etc, as a jet aircraft

(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

British education to group or divide (children) in streams

Derived forms of stream

streamlet, noun streamlike, adjective

Word Origin for stream

Old English; related to Old Frisian strām, Old Norse straumr, Old High German stroum, Greek rheuma

Scientific definitions for outstream

stream

[ strēm ]

A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.

A flow of a watery substance, such as blood in blood vessels or cytoplasm in fungal hyphae, in an organism or in part of an organism.

Idioms and Phrases with outstream

stream

see change horses in midstream; swim against the current (stream).

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