Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Stream

//stɹiːm// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
"Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…]."
2
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression wordnet
3
All moving waters.
4
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) wordnet
5
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."

Show 11 more definitions

6
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas wordnet
7
Current, the force of moving water.
"to swim against the stream"
8
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth wordnet
9
Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
"Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse."
10
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously wordnet
11
A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding. figuratively
"Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture."
12
A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
"In the context of computer science, lexical analysis can be defined as the conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens."
13
Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.; An instance of streaming digital data.
"If your favorite Succession storylines involve the fictional ATN and network drama, give Apple TV’s The Morning Show a stream."
14
Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.; A live stream.
15
A division of a school year by perceived ability. UK
"All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream."
16
A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
"Not to switch streams, but we really need to focus on talking about the economy right now..."

Verb

1
To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid. intransitive
"beneath those banks where rivers now stream"
2
exude profusely wordnet
3
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind. intransitive
"A flag streams in the wind."
4
move in large numbers wordnet
5
To discharge in a stream. transitive
"The soldier's wound was streaming blood."

Show 5 more definitions

6
flow freely and abundantly wordnet
7
To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client. Internet
8
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind wordnet
9
To livestream. Internet
"I did factor in the whole, like, "oh, I wonder if doing streaming, and the money that's kind of attached to it, is the reason I wanted to do this?", like, is it warping my brain? I did think about that. I've streamed for years and it's been my entire life and I've made a lot of money off it, and I wondered if that's what's affecting me and making me want to do this. And it's not."
10
rain heavily wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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. Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river”), North Frisian Stroom, struum (“stream”), West Frisian stream (“stream”), Low German Stroom (“stream”), Dutch stroom (“current, flow, stream”), German Strom (“current, stream”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål strøm (“current, stream, flow”), Norwegian Nynorsk straum (“current, stream, flow”), Swedish ström (“current, stream, flow”), Faroese streymur (“stream”), Icelandic straumur (“current, stream, torrent, flood”), Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), Lithuanian srovė (“current, stream”) Polish strumień (“stream”), Welsh ffrwd (“stream, current”), Scottish Gaelic sruth (“stream”).

Etymology 2

Next best steps

Find stronger synonyms See usage examples Check pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: stream