stream

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A small river

   A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

   • 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:[…].
   • 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.
2. 2

   All moving waters.

3. 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.
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   1. 4

      Current, the force of moving water.

      • to swim against the stream
   2. 5

      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.
      • With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
      • A new stream of migrants is leaving the continent. It threatens to become a torrent if the debt crisis continues to worsen.
   3. 6

      A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.

      • Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
   4. 7

      A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

      • In the context of computer science, lexical analysis can be defined as the conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens.
   5. 8

      Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer,…

      Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.

      • If your favorite Succession storylines involve the fictional ATN and network drama, give Apple TV’s The Morning Show a stream.
   6. 9

      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.
   7. 10

      A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.

      • Not to switch streams, but we really need to focus on talking about the economy right now...
   8. 11

      To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

      • beneath those banks where rivers now stream
      • When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which the spring sunlight streamed.
   9. 12

      To extend

      To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

      • A flag streams in the wind.
   10. 13

       To discharge in a stream.

       • The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
   11. 14

       To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being…

       To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

   12. 15

       To livestream.

   13. 16

       A surname.

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