1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A beam or ray of light.
3. Noun
Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
4. Noun
A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
5. Noun
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
6. Verb
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.
7. Verb
To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
8. Verb
To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
9. Verb
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
10. Verb
To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
11. Verb
To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
12. Verb
To unfurl.
13. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
14. Noun
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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