stream

Definitions


[striːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small, narrow river
(e.g: a perfect trout stream)

- a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas
(e.g: Frank blew out a stream of smoke)

- a continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate

- a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught
(e.g: children in the top streams)


Phrases:
- against the stream
- with the stream

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


[striːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction
(e.g: she sat with tears streaming down her face)

- transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the internet as a steady, continuous flow

- put (schoolchildren) in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together
(e.g: in the coming school year, we were to be streamed)


Phrases:
- against the stream
- with the stream

Origin:
Old English strēam (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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