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   stream

   /striːm/

   noun

   • 1. a small, narrow river: "a perfect trout stream" Similar brookrivuletrillrunnelstreamletfreshetriverwatercoursetributarywinterbourneburnbeckdialect:bourncreekbillabonganabranchtechnical:influentconfluentrare:rilletbrookletrunlet
   • 2. a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas: "Frank blew out a stream of smoke" Similar jetflowrushgushsurgespurtspouttorrentfloodcascadefountainoutpouringoutfluxoutfloweffusioncurrenttechnical:efflux
   • ▪ a mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction: "there is a steady stream of visitors"
   • ▪ an amount of something or a number of things coming in a continuous flow: "a constant stream of enquiries" Similar successionseriesstringchainbarragevolleybatteryfloodavalanchetorrenttidespateOpposite trickle
   • 3. a continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.
   • ▪ a continuous flow of video and audio material transmitted or received over the internet.
   • 4. a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught. British "children in the top streams"

   verb

   • 1. (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction: "she sat with tears streaming down her face" Similar flowpourcourserungushsurgespurtfloodcascadesluiceslidespillslipglidetricklewell
   • ▪ (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction: "he was watching the taxis streaming past" Similar poursurgefloodswarmpilecrowdthrong
   • ▪ run with tears, sweat, or other liquid: "my eyes were streaming"
   • ▪ (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind: "her black cloak streamed behind her" Similar flutterfloatflapflyblowwaftwaveswingundulaterippleOpposite dangle
   • 2. transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the internet as a steady, continuous flow.
   • 3. put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together. British "in the coming school year, we were to be streamed"

   Word Origin Old Englishstrēam (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroom, German Strom, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek rhein ‘to flow’.

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