stream
//ˈstɹiːm//
Forms
- Plural
- streams
- present (v1)
- stream
- past (v2)
- streamed
- past participle (v3)
- streamed
- present participle
- streaming
- 3rd person singular
- streams
Definitions
1.A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
- Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
2.All moving waters.
3.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.
4.Current, the force of moving water.
1.To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
2.To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- A flag streams in the wind.
3.To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
4.To discharge in a stream.
- The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2573
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum.