stream
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
Noun 4 meanings
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
All moving waters.
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
“He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.”
Current, the force of moving water.
“to swim against the stream”
Verb 4 meanings
To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
“A flag streams in the wind.”
To discharge in a stream.
“The soldier's wound was streaming blood.”
To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
Etymology
From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum.
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STREAM at a glance
STREAM has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + M 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,352 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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