Search Result:stream


KK Pronunciation

〔 strim 〕

Pronunciation

〔 striːm 〕


Overview of noun stream

The noun stream has 5 senses


  • stream, watercourse -- (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)

  • stream, flow, current -- (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")

  • flow, stream -- (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)

  • stream, flow -- (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")

  • current, 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")


Overview of verb stream

The verb stream has 5 senses


  • stream -- (to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind")

  • stream -- (exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood")

  • pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate -- (move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza")

  • pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets -- (rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!")

  • stream, well out -- (flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face")