streams

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

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.”

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.”

(umbrella term) All moving waters.

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

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

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

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.”

A live stream.

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

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

“A flag streams in the wind.”

To discharge in a stream.

“The soldier's wound was streaming blood.”

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