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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
stream n 1: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth [syn: stream, watercourse] 2: 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" [syn: stream, flow, current] 3: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression [syn: flow, stream] 4: 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" [syn: stream, flow] 5: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" [syn: current, stream] v 1: to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" 2: exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" 3: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate] 4: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets] 5: flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" [syn: stream, well out] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Stream \Stream\, v. t. To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. [1913 Webster] It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. [1913 Webster] The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. To unfurl. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Stream \Stream\ (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre['a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str["o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [root]174. Cf. Catarrh, Diarrhea, Rheum, Rhythm.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. [1913 Webster] 2. A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." --Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. "The very stream of his life." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. [1913 Webster] Gulf stream. See under Gulf. Stream anchor, Stream cable. (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable. Stream ice, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. Stream tin, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. Stream works (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. To float with the stream, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it. [1913 Webster] Syn: Current; flow; rush; tide; course. Usage: Stream, Current. These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Streamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaming.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. [1913 Webster] Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. [1913 Webster] A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. [1913 Webster] 4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
stream 1. | ||
6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
STREAM ["STREAM: A Scheme Language for Formally Describing Digital Circuits", C.D. Kloos in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987]. (1995-01-30) | ||
7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
STREAM. A current of water. The right to a water course is not a right in the fluid itself so much as a right in the current of the stream. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1612. See River; Water Course. | ||
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