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Meaning of 'stream'
Meaning of 'stream' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Stream 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- A beam or ray of light.
- Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
- A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
- Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
2. Stream [ v. i.]
- 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. [ v. i.]- To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
- To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
- To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
3. Stream [ v. t.]
- To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow;
to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. [ v. t.]- To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
- To unfurl.
Meaning of 'stream' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. stream [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
Example in sentence:
- a stream of people emptied from the terminal;
- the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Meaning (2):
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
Example in sentence:
- he felt a stream of air;
- the hose ejected a stream of water;
- the raft floated downstream on the current
Meaning (3):
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Example in sentence:
- stream of consciousness;
- the current of history;
- the flow of thought;
- two streams of development run through American history
2. stream [ v]
[ v]Meaning (4):
- move in large numbers
- move in large numbers
Example in sentence:
- beggars pullulated in the plaza;
- people were pouring out of the theater
Meaning (5):
- rain heavily
- rain heavily
Example in sentence:
- Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Meaning (6):
- exude profusely
- exude profusely
Example in sentence:
- His nose streamed blood;
- She was streaming with sweat
Meaning (7):
- flow freely and abundantly
- flow freely and abundantly
Example in sentence:
- Tears streamed down her face
Meaning (8):
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
Example in sentence:
- their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind
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