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stream
(strēm)n.
1.
a. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
b. A steady current in such a flow of water.
2. A steady current of a fluid.
3. A large amount or number moving or occurring in steady succession: a stream of commuters; a stream of insults. See Synonyms at flow.
4. A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.
5. A beam or ray of light.
6. Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.
7. Computers A steady flow of data.
v. streamed, stream·ing, streams
v.intr.
1. To flow in a stream or current.
2. To pour forth or give off a stream; flow: My eyes were streaming with tears.
3. To move or arrive in large numbers; pour: Traffic was streaming by. Fan mail streamed in.
4. To extend, wave, or float outward: The banner streamed in the breeze.
5.
a. To leave a continuous trail of light.
b. To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.
v.tr.
Idiom: 1. To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).
2. Computers To transmit or receive (audio or video content), especially over the internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk.
on stream
In or into operation or production: a new power plant soon to go on stream.
stream′y adj.
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stream
(striːm)n
1. (Physical Geography) a small river; brook
2. any steady flow of water or other fluid
3. something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction
4. a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etc: a stream of abuse.
5. (Accounting & Book-keeping) a flow of money into a business: a revenue stream.
6. (Education) Brit any of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability
7. go with the stream drift with the stream to conform to the accepted standards
8. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) off stream (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
9. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) on stream
a. (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) in or about to go into operation or production
b. available or in existence
10. (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) in or about to go into operation or production
vb
11. to emit or be emitted in a continuous flow: his nose streamed blood.
12. (intr) to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc
13. (intr) to float freely or with a waving motion: bunting streamed in the wind.
14. (tr) to unfurl (a flag, etc)
15. (Aeronautics) (intr) to move causing a trail of light, condensed gas, etc, as a jet aircraft
16. (Mining & Quarrying) mining (when: intr, often foll by for) to wash (earth, gravel, etc) in running water in prospecting (for gold, etc), to expose the particles of ore or metal
17. (Education) education Brit to group or divide (children) in streams
18. (Computer Science) to transfer (esp audio or video data) in a continuous flow
[Old English; related to Old Frisian strām, Old Norse straumr, Old High German stroum, Greek rheuma]
ˈstreamlet n
ˈstreamˌlike adj
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stream
(strim)n.
1. a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
2. any flow or current of liquid, fluid, or gas.
3. a trail of light; beam: a stream of moonlight.
4. a continuous succession: a stream of words.
5. prevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion.
v.i. 6. to flow, pass, or issue in a stream.
7. to emit a fluid copiously: eyes streaming with tears.
8. to extend in rays: Sunlight streamed in.
9. to proceed continuously: traffic streaming by.
10. to wave, as a flag in the wind.
11. to hang in a flowing manner: streaming hair.
v.t. 12. to discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.
13. to cause to float outward, as a flag.
Idioms: on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.
[before 900; Old English strēam, c. Old High German stroum; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum)]
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Stream
a continuous flow.Examples: stream of abuse; of beneficence; of blood, 1225; of bubbles, 1727; of cold air; of emigrants, 1849; of fire, 1777; of ice; of people, 1639; of swifts, 1857; of tears, 1591; of wind, 1753; of words.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
stream
Past participle: streamed
Gerund: streaming
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| Noun | 1. |  stream - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earthbody of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one brook, creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" headstream - a stream that forms the source of a river meander - a bend or curve, as in a stream or river midstream - the middle of a stream river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles" tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
| 2. | stream - 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" | |
| 3. | stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | |
| 4. | stream - 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" motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion" | |
| 5. | stream - 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" tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore undertide, undercurrent - a current below the surface of a fluid violent stream, torrent - a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" eddy, twist - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex - a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) ocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction | |
| Verb | 1. | stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
| 2. | stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" | |
| 3. | stream - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" | |
| 4. | stream - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" | |
| 5. |  stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" |
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stream
noun
1. river, brook, creek (U.S.), burn (Scot.), beck, tributary, bayou, rivulet, rill, freshet a mountain stream
2. flow, current, rush, run, course, drift, surge, tide, torrent, outpouring, tideway a continuous stream of lava
verb
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stream
[striːm]A. N
3. (= jet, gush) [of liquid] → chorro m; [of light] → raudal m; [of air] → chorro m, corriente f; [of lava] → río m; [of insults, abuse] → sarta f; [of letters, questions, complaints] → lluvia f
a thin stream of water → un chorrito de agua
she exhaled a thin stream of smoke → lanzó or exhaló un chorrillo de humo
a steady stream of cars → un flujo constante or ininterrumpido de coches
people were coming out of the cinema in a steady stream → había una continua hilera de gente que iba saliendo del cine
we had a constant stream of visitors → recibíamos visitas continuamente or sin parar
he let out a stream of insults → soltó una sarta de insultos
stream of consciousness → monólogo m interior
a thin stream of water → un chorrito de agua
she exhaled a thin stream of smoke → lanzó or exhaló un chorrillo de humo
a steady stream of cars → un flujo constante or ininterrumpido de coches
people were coming out of the cinema in a steady stream → había una continua hilera de gente que iba saliendo del cine
we had a constant stream of visitors → recibíamos visitas continuamente or sin parar
he let out a stream of insults → soltó una sarta de insultos
stream of consciousness → monólogo m interior
4. (Brit) (Scol) grupo de alumnos de la misma edad y aptitud académica
the top/middle/bottom stream → la clase de nivel superior/medio/inferior
the top/middle/bottom stream → la clase de nivel superior/medio/inferior
5. (Ind) to be on/off stream [machinery, production line] → estar/no estar en funcionamiento; [oil well] → estar/no estar en producción
to come on stream [machinery, production line] → entrar en funcionamiento; [oil well] → entrar en producción
to come on stream [machinery, production line] → entrar en funcionamiento; [oil well] → entrar en producción
B. VI
1. (= pour)
1.1. (lit) tears were streaming down her face → le corrían las lágrimas por la cara
rain streamed down the windows → la lluvia chorreaba por las ventanas
blood streamed from a cut on his knee → le chorreaba sangre de un corte en la rodilla
water streamed from a cracked pipe → salía agua a chorros de una cañería rota
his head was streaming with blood → la cabeza le chorreaba sangre
rain streamed down the windows → la lluvia chorreaba por las ventanas
blood streamed from a cut on his knee → le chorreaba sangre de un corte en la rodilla
water streamed from a cracked pipe → salía agua a chorros de una cañería rota
his head was streaming with blood → la cabeza le chorreaba sangre
1.2. (fig) people streamed into the hall → la gente entró en tropel a la sala
bright sunlight streamed in through the window/into the room → la fuerte luz del sol entraba a raudales por la ventana/en la habitación
people came streaming out → la gente salía en tropel
as holiday traffic streams out of the cities → a medida que las caravanas de las vacaciones van saliendo de las ciudades ...
the cars kept streaming past → los coches pasaban ininterrumpidamente or sin parar
bright sunlight streamed in through the window/into the room → la fuerte luz del sol entraba a raudales por la ventana/en la habitación
people came streaming out → la gente salía en tropel
as holiday traffic streams out of the cities → a medida que las caravanas de las vacaciones van saliendo de las ciudades ...
the cars kept streaming past → los coches pasaban ininterrumpidamente or sin parar
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stream
(striːm) noun2. a flow of eg water, air etc. A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.corriente, flujo, chorro
3. the current of a river etc. He was swimming against the stream.corriente
4. in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability. clase, grupo, nivel
verb1. to flow. Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.manar, correr, chorrear
2. to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability. Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.separar por niveles
ˈstreamer noun a long narrow banner, or narrow paper ribbon. The aeroplane dragged a streamer that read `Come to the Festival'; The classroom was decorated with balloons and streamers.serpentina
ˈstreamlined adjective1. (of a plane, car, ship etc) shaped so as to move faster and more efficiently. the newest, most streamlined aircraft.aerodinámico
2. efficient and economical. streamlined business methods. racionalizado
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stream
→ corrienteMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
stream
n. chorro, flujo, corriente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
stream
n chorro; urinary — chorro miccional (form), chorro de la orinaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.