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stream (strēm)
noun
- a current or flow of water or other liquid, esp. one running along the surface of the earth; specif., a small river
- a steady movement or flow
- of any fluid a stream of cold air
- of rays of energy a stream of light
- a continuous series or succession a stream of cars
- a trend or course the stream of events
- Educ., Brit. any of the sections formed when students within a grade level are grouped, as according to their abilities
Etymology: ME strem < OE stream, akin to Ger strom < IE base *sreu-, to flow > Gr rheein, to flow
intransitive verb
- to flow in or as in a stream
- to give off a stream; flow (with) eyes streaming with tears
- to move steadily or continuously
- to move swiftly; rush fire streamed up the wall
- to extend or stretch out; float; fly, as a flag in the breeze
- to transmit data by streaming (sense )
transitive verb
- to cause to stream
- to transmit by streaming (sense )
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Object
- video: In addition to the guide, a streaming video may be accessed from the website.
Converse of object
- never-end: Consumer awareness about food safety is rising, fuelled by an almost never-ending stream of food-related TV programs.
Adjective modifier
- steady: The dry weather produced a steady stream of visitors to the event.
Modifies a noun
- passage: At the foot, a small stream passage ends at a chamber where the way on may be up a rift on the left.
Noun used with modifier
- revenue: Revenue stream by want to operate to shop around.
Preposition: of
- consciousness: Much of the first half came over to me as a poorly structured stream of consciousness.
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Fumbling silence in the White House seeps out over the country like a cold fog over a river bed where no stream runs.
A painted meadow, or a purling stream.
Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep, Where the winds are all asleep; Where the spent lights quiver and gleam; Where the salt weed sways in the stream.
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