stream

Meaning

Noun

1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
2. All moving waters.
3. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
4. Current, the force of moving water.
5. Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
6. (figuratively) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
7. A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
8. Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
9. Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
10. (UK) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
11. A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
2. (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
3. (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
4. (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
5. (Internet) To livestream.

Synonyms

flow

river

brook

current

creek

pour

watercourse

jet

torrent

rivulet

run

flood

small river

swarm

gush

tide

flock

crowd

throng

fountain

⛲

course

spout

water

🚰

spurt

rill

well out

pelt

drift

waterway

rain buckets

canal

burn

spring

surge

rush

ripple

wave

👋

purl

pond

rain cats and dogs

tributary

pullulate

ooze

flux

teem

ditch

squirt

streaming

seam

running water

Translations

ruisseau

corriente

Bach

ruscello

arroyo

courant

stroom

Strom

corrente

🏃

fleuve

beek

río

strömen

rivière

Fluss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹiːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: streem

Inherited from Old English: strēam

Cognate with Scots: strem

Cognate with Northern Frisian: strum

Cognate with Western Frisian: stream

Cognate with Low German: Stroom

Cognate with Dutch: stroom

Cognate with German: Strom

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: strøm

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: straum

Cognate with Swedish: ström

Cognate with Icelandic: straumur

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ῥεῦμα

Cognate with Lithuanian: srovė

Cognate with Polish: strumień

Cognate with Welsh: ffrwd

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: sruth

In summary

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”), 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”).

Sentences

The name is derived from a stream that flows nearby .

His third stream of philosophy was based around piston valves .