stream
See also: Stream
stream - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: strēm, IPA: /stɹiːm/
Noun
stream (plural streams)
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- 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.
- 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.
- (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
- (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.
- A live stream.
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Descendants
- → Finnish: striimi (live stream)
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Verb
stream (third-person singular simple present streams, present participle streaming, simple past and past participle streamed)
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- A flag streams in the wind.
- (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
- The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
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stream - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /striːm/
- Hyphenation: stream
Noun
stream m (plural streams)
Related terms
stream - French
Noun
stream m (plural streams)
stream - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /stræ͜ɑːm/
Noun
strēam m
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strēam | strēamas |
| accusative | strēam | strēamas |
| genitive | strēames | strēama |
| dative | strēame | strēamum |
Descendants
stream - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /strim/
- Syllabification: stream
Noun
stream m inan
Declension
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noun
stream - Spanish
Noun
stream m (plural streams)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
stream - West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /strɪə̯m/
Noun
stream c (plural streamen, diminutive streamke)