Stream Definition

strēm

streamed, streaming, streams

noun

streams

A current or flow of water or other liquid, esp. one running along the surface of the earth; specif., a small river.

Webster's New World

A steady movement or flow of any fluid.

A stream of cold air.

Webster's New World

A steady current of a fluid.

American Heritage

A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession.

A stream of commuters; a stream of insults.

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A continuous series or succession.

A stream of cars.

Webster's New World

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trickle

verb

streamed, streaming, streams

To flow in or as in a stream.

Webster's New World

To cause to stream.

Webster's New World

To give off a stream; flow (with)

Eyes streaming with tears.

Webster's New World

To transmit by streaming.

Webster's New World

To move steadily or continuously.

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trickle
flow into

idiom

on stream

In or into operation or production:
a new power plant soon to go on stream.

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Other Word Forms of Stream

Noun

Singular:

stream

Plural:

streams

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Stream

on stream

Origin of Stream

From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strÄ“am (“a stream, current, flowing water; flood"), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream"), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river"), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow"). Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river"), North Frisian strum (“stream"), West Frisian stream (“stream"), Low German Stroom (“stream"), Dutch stroom (“current, flow, stream"), German Strom (“current, stream"), Danish strøm (“current, stream, flow"), Swedish ström (“current, stream, flow"), Icelandic straumur (“current, stream, torrent, flood"), Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheuma, “stream, flow"), Lithuanian srovÄ— (“current, stream").

From Wiktionary
Middle English streme from Old English strēam sreu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition