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Meaning of stream in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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stream

/stɹiːm/

Phonetics

/stɹiːm/

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noun

  • 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).

    Example: 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.

    Example: 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.

    Example: Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
  • A division of a school year by perceived ability.

    Example: All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.
  • A live stream.


verb

  • 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.

    Example: A flag streams in the wind.
  • To discharge in a stream.

    Example: 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.