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1.NounA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
2.NounAll moving waters.
3.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."
4.NounCurrent, the force of moving water."to swim against the stream"
5.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."
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 source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially."In the context of computer science, lexical analysis can be defined as the conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens."
8.NounDigital 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.
A live stream.
9.NounAn instance of streaming digital data.
10.NounA live stream.
11.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."
12.NounA train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion."Not to switch streams, but we really need to focus on talking about the economy right now..."
13.VerbTo flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
14.VerbTo extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind."A flag streams in the wind."
15.VerbTo discharge in a stream."The soldier's wound was streaming blood."
16.VerbTo push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
17.VerbTo livestream.