ALL meanings of stream
stream
S s - noun stream a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel. 1
- noun stream a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream; the Gulf Stream. Synonyms: flow, tide. 1
- noun stream any flow of water or other liquid or fluid: streams of blood. 1
- noun stream a current or flow of air, gas, or the like. 1
- noun stream a beam or trail of light: A stream of moonlight fell from the clouds. 1
- noun stream a continuous flow or succession of anything: a stream of words. Synonyms: torrent, rush. 1
- noun stream prevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion. 1
- noun stream 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. 1
- verb without object stream to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, as water, tears, or blood. Synonyms: pour. 1
- verb without object stream to send forth or throw off a stream; run or flow (often followed by with): eyes streaming with tears. 1
- verb without object stream to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows. 1
- verb without object stream to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession. 1
- verb without object stream to wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind. 1
- verb without object stream to hang in a loose, flowing manner, as long hair. 1
- noun Technical meaning of stream ["STREAM: A Scheme Language for Formally Describing Digital Circuits", C.D. Kloos in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987]. 1
- verb with object stream to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood. 1
- verb with object stream to cause to stream or float outward, as a flag. 1
- verb with object stream 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. 1
- verb with object stream Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel. 1
- idioms stream on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month. 1
- noun stream small river 1
- noun stream wave, series 1
- noun stream flow, uninterrupted series 1
- intransitive verb stream flow 1
- noun stream current flowing steadily 1
- noun stream data: real-time audio or video 1
- intransitive verb stream audio, video: be delivered in real time 1
- intransitive verb stream send forth a flow 1
- transitive verb stream pupils: divide by ability 1
- transitive verb stream audio, video: deliver in real time 1
- countable noun stream A stream is a small narrow river. 0
- countable noun stream A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it. 0
- countable noun stream A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them. 0
- countable noun stream A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another. 0
- verb stream If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts. 0
- verb stream If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming. 0
- verb stream If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers. 0
- verb stream When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it. 0
- verb stream If something such as a flag or someone's hair streams in the wind, it is blown so that it is almost horizontal. 0
- countable noun stream In a school, a stream is a group of children of the same age and ability who are taught together. 0
- verb stream To stream pupils means to divide them into groups according to their ability. 0
- noun stream a small river; brook 0
- noun stream any steady flow of water or other fluid 0
- noun stream something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction 0
- noun stream a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etc 0
- noun stream a flow of money into a business 0
- noun stream any of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability 0
- verb stream to emit or be emitted in a continuous flow 0
- verb stream to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc 0
- verb stream to float freely or with a waving motion 0