Stream
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
(2) A steady flow (usually from natural causes)
"The raft floated downstream on the current"
"He felt a stream of air"
(3) Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
"Two streams of development run through American history"
"Stream of consciousness"
"The flow of thought"
"The current of history"
(4) A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
(5) Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
"A stream of people emptied from the terminal"
"The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
verb
(6) Exude profusely
"She was streaming with sweat"
"His nose streamed blood"
(7) Move in large numbers
"People were pouring out of the theater"
"Beggars pullulated in the plaza"
(8) Flow freely and abundantly
"Tears streamed down her face"
(9) To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
"Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
(10) Rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
WiktionaryText
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)
- 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
- Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.
- An umbrella term for all moving waters.
- A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.
Verb
- To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.