Stream

Quick meaning: Stream is a noun meaning A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

Meaning

A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

More Meanings

1. (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
2. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
3. Current, the force of moving water.
4. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
5. (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
6. (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
7. Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.

Example Sentences

to swim against the stream

Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.

He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.

Word Forms

• streams
• streaming
• streamed

Synonyms for stream

Depending on context, synonyms include beck, brook, burn, flow, pelt, swarm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include watercourse, current, flow, pour, pelt, swarm.

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