STREAM
\stɹˈiːm], \stɹˈiːm], \s_t_ɹ_ˈiː_m]\
Definitions of STREAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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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"
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rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
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move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
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a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
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flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
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to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
By Princeton University
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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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"
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rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
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move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
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a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
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exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
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flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
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to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A beam or ray of light.
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Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
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A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
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Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
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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.
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To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
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To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
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To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
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To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
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To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
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To unfurl.
By Oddity Software
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A current of water or other fluid; anything flowing out of a source; as, a stream of words; a continued current; as, the stream of life; drift or tendency; as, the stream of opinion.
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To issue or flow in a stream; run in a current; float, or stretch out with a waving movement; as, banners streamed in the air.
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Flow with; as, her eyes streamed tears; cause to stretch out.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A current of fluid; anything flowing or issuing; tendency.
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To flow or issue in a stream; issue in rays; stretch in a line.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To pour or flow forth in a stream; move in continuous succession; float with a waving movement, as a flag.
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A current or flow of water or other fluid.
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Anything continuously flowing, moving, or passing, as people.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, German] A current of water or other fluid ; running water;.-a brook; a rivulet; a rill ;-gulf stream, a warm current of water flowing from, the Gulf of Mexico and across the North-eastern Atlantic ; - a current of melted metal or other substance:- current or flow of air or gas ;-an issuing in beams or rays, as of light ;-any thing issuing from a source and moving with a continued succession of parts; a continued course; steady. flow; progressive motion.