stream

/stɹiːm/

noun

  1. 1

    A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

  2. 2

    A 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. 3

    Any 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. 4

    (umbrella term) All moving waters.

  5. 5

    A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

  6. 6

    A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.

    Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
  7. 7

    A 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. 8

    A live stream.

verb

  1. 1

    To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

  2. 2

    To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

    A flag streams in the wind.
  3. 3

    To discharge in a stream.

    The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
  4. 4

    To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

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