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Stream

noun
/stɹiːm/
Word Frequency: 27.7

Definitions

1.nounA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
2.nounA thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
"He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass."
3.nounAny steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
"Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse."
4.noun(umbrella term) All moving waters.
5.nounA source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
6.nounA particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
"Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture."
7.nounA division of a school year by perceived ability.
"All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream."
8.nounA live stream.
9.verbTo flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
10.verbTo extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
"A flag streams in the wind."
11.verbTo discharge in a stream.
"The soldier's wound was streaming blood."
12.verbTo push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

Synonyms

beckbrookburnwatercourserain cats and dogsrain bucketscurrentflowpourpeltswarmwell out

Rhymes With

gleambeamesteemschemecreamthemedreampassim
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