wikipedia|dab=stream (disambiguation)|stream
English

Etymology
From OE. str�am.

Pronunciation
(US)

• IPA|/strim/
• SAMPA|/strim/

audio|en-us-stream.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�m|-i�m

Noun
wikipedia|stream|stream (river)
en-noun

1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks
2. 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.

1. 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.

1. science Umbrella term for all moving waters.
2. computing A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Synonyms
beck
brook
burn
creek
flow

Spanish: corriente f, flujo m
Swedish: ström c
Telugu: వా�� (vaagu)
trans-bottom

trans-top|thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas
Telugu: ధార (dhaara)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|Any steady flow or succession of material
Finnish: virta
French: flot m
German: Strom m
trans-mid
Hebrew: �ר� (zerem) m
Telugu: ధార (dhaara)
trans-bottom

;to be checked
ttbc|Hebrew: ��� m

Related terms
streamer
river
jet stream
Gulf Stream

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
2. internet To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

See also
streaming media
(computing):standard streams

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section

Turkish: 1.dere, 2. akıntı, 3. akı�, 4. akarsu

Category:Liquids

Frisian

Noun
stream

1. river
2. stream

Category:Frisian nouns

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *straumaz, whence also Old High German stroum, Old Norse straumr

Noun
str�am m

1. stream

Category:Old English nouns

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