streams
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/stɹiːmz/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.”
- (umbrella term) All moving waters.
verb
- To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.“A flag streams in the wind.”
- To discharge in a stream.“The soldier's wound was streaming blood.”
- 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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