a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream;the Gulf Stream.
any flow of water or other liquid or fluid: streams of blood.
a current or flow of air, gas, or the like.
a beam or trail of light: A stream of moonlight fell from the clouds.
a continuous flow or succession of anything: a stream of words.
prevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion.
Digital Technology.
a flow of data, as an audio broadcast, a movie, or live video, transmitted smoothly and continuously from a source to a computer, mobile device, etc.
livestream (def. 2).
verb (used without object)
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, as water, tears, or blood.
to send forth or throw off a stream; run or flow (often followed by with): eyes streaming with tears.
to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows.
to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession.
to wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind.
to hang in a loose, flowing manner, as long hair.
verb (used with object)
to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.
to cause to stream or float outward, as a flag.
Digital Technology.
to transfer or transmit (data) in such a way that it is processed in a steady and continuous stream: Internet service providers are talking about setting limits on the amount of data that can be streamed into your home.
livestream (def. 1).
Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel.
Idioms for stream
on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.
Origin of stream
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun streem, streme, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn “to flow”; verb derivative of the noun; see rheum
SYNONYMS FOR stream
1 rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
2 flow, tide.
6 torrent, rush.
9 pour.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR stream ON THESAURUS.COM
synonym study for stream
Stream,current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains.Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current.
OTHER WORDS FROM stream
streamless,adjectivestreamlike,adjectivein·ter·stream,adjectiveoutstream,verb (used with object)
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Uniquely, Nickmercs uses a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard, which has further popularized him among other controller players who crowd to his stream each day.
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“The stream has dominated our lives since the mid-2000s,” Caulfield says.
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As demand from marketers grows, publishers will start to take more control of their contextual ad revenue stream.
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The surprising finding suggests birds might be able to seed lakes and streams with new fish, including invasive species.
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The marchers began to stream out of the park, where they walked West on 110th and then hung a right on 7th Avenue.
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Stream House of Cards and other Netflix originals right from the Hopper.
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Slow at first, then steadily, a stream of liquid drips off the incision.
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Then, Rogen convinces Franco to drink some contaminated water from a stream—which causes the 127 Hours Oscar nominee to dry-heave.
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Just download the Virtual Joey App and you are ready to stream DISH service right to that screen.
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Rocks, huge and picturesque, jut out into the stream, affording beautiful views of the river and the distant city.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier
Coming to the bank of the stream here, we find a strange metamorphosis.
Canyons of the Colorado|J. W. Powell
And then the people of the hill rose up and went into the stream to swim.
Gods and Fighting Men|Lady I. A. Gregory
For a long while the king and his horse followed the course of the stream, but nowhere could he learn anything of Zoulvisia.
The Olive Fairy Book|Various
The party were very much interested in examining the houses they saw on the borders of the stream.
Four Young Explorers|Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for stream
stream
/ (striːm) /
noun
a small river; brook
any steady flow of water or other fluid
something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction
a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etca stream of abuse
a flow of money into a businessa revenue stream
Britishany of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability
go with the streamordrift with the streamto conform to the accepted standards
off stream(of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
on stream
(of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) in or about to go into operation or production
available or in existence
verb
to emit or be emitted in a continuous flowhis nose streamed blood
(intr)to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc
(intr)to float freely or with a waving motionbunting streamed in the wind
(tr)to unfurl (a flag, etc)
(intr)to move causing a trail of light, condensed gas, etc, as a jet aircraft
(when intr, often foll by for) miningto wash (earth, gravel, etc) in running water in prospecting (for gold, etc), to expose the particles of ore or metal
Britisheducationto group or divide (children) in streams
Derived forms of stream
streamlet, nounstreamlike, adjective
Word Origin for stream
Old English; related to Old Frisian strām, Old Norse straumr, Old High German stroum, Greek rheuma