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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STREAM, n.
1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid substance flowing in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river or brook, or from a vessel or other reservoir or fountain. Hence,
2. A river, brook or rivulet.
3. A current of water in the ocean; as the gulf stream.
4. A current of melted metal or other substance; as a stream of lead or iron flowing from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
5. Any thing issuing from a source and moving with a continued succession of parts; as a stream of words; a stream of sand.
A stream of beneficence.
6. A continued current of course; as a stream of weather. [Not used.]
The stream of his life.
7. A current of air or gas, or of light.
8. Current; drift; as of opinions or manners. It is difficult to oppose the stream of public opinion.
9. Water.
STREAM, v.i.
1. To flow; to move or run in a continuous current. Blood streams from a vein.
Beneath the banks where rivers stream.
2. To emit; to pour out in abundance. His eyes streamed with tears.
3. To issue with continuance, not by fits.
From opning skies my streaming glories shine.
4. To issue or shoot in streaks; as light streaming from the east.
5. To extend; to stretch in a long line; as a flag streaming in the wind.
STREAM, v.t. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
The heralds mantle is streamed with gold.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth [syn: stream, watercourse]
2: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" [syn: stream, flow, current]
3: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression [syn: flow, stream]
4: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" [syn: stream, flow]
5: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" [syn: current, stream] v
1: to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
2: exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
3: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]
4: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets]
5: flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" [syn: stream, well out]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English streme, from Old English str?am; akin to Old High German stroum stream, Greek rhein to flow Date: before 12th century 1. a body of running water (as a river or brook) flowing on the earth; also any body of flowing fluid (as water or gas) 2. a. a steady succession (as of words or events) <kept up an endless stream of chatter> b. a constantly renewed or steady supply <a stream of revenve> c. a continuous moving procession <a stream of traffic> 3. an unbroken flow (as of gas or particles of matter) 4. a ray of light 5. a. a prevailing attitude or group <has always run against the stream of current fashion> b. a dominant influence or line of development <the influence of two streams of inheritance: genetic and cultural — P. B. Baltes> 6. British track 3c II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to flow in or as if in a stream b. to leave a bright trail <a meteor streamed through the sky> 2. a. to exude a bodily fluid profusely <her eyes were streaming> b. to become wet with a discharge of bodily fluid <streaming with perspiration> 3. to trail out at full length <her hair streaming back as she ran> 4. to pour in large numbers <complaints came streaming in> transitive verb 1. to emit freely or in a stream <his eyes streamed tears> 2. to display (as a flag) by waving

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2 a the flow of a fluid or of a mass of people (a stream of lava). b (in sing. or pl.) a large quantity of something that flows or moves along. 3 a current or direction in which things are moving or tending (against the stream). 4 Brit. a group of schoolchildren taught together as being of similar ability for a given age. --v. 1 intr. flow or move as a stream. 2 intr. run with liquid (my eyes were streaming). 3 intr. (of a banner or hair etc.) float or wave in the wind. 4 tr. emit a stream of (blood etc.). 5 tr. Brit. arrange (schoolchildren) in streams. Phrases and idioms: go with the stream do as others do. on stream (of a factory etc.) in operation. stream-anchor an anchor intermediate in size between a bower and a kedge, esp. for use in warping. stream of consciousness 1 Psychol. a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events perceived as a continuous flow. 2 a literary style depicting events in such a flow in the mind of a character. Derivatives: streamless adj. streamlet n. Etymology: OE stream f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stream Stream, v. t. To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. --Spenser. 2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. --Bacon. 3. To unfurl. --Shak. To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre['a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str["o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [root]174. Cf. Catarrh, Diarrhea, Rheum, Rhythm.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. 2. A beam or ray of light. ``Sun streams.'' --Chaucer. 3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. ``The stream of beneficence.'' --Atterbury. ``The stream of emigration.'' --Macaulay. 4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. ``The very stream of his life.'' --Shak. 5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. Gulf stream. See under Gulf. Stream anchor, Stream cable. (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable. Stream ice, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction. Stream tin, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel. Stream works (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure. To float with the stream, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stream Stream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Streamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaming.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton. 2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson. 3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. 4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(streams, streaming, streamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A stream is a small narrow river. There was a small stream at the end of the garden. ...a mountain stream. N-COUNT 2. A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it. He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke... Add the oil in a slow, steady stream. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n 3. A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them. There was a stream of traffic behind him. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n 4. A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another. We had a constant stream of visitors. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n 5. If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts. Tears streamed down their faces... She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 6. If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming. Her eyes were streaming now from the wind... A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat. VERB: usu cont, V, V-ing 7. If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers. Refugees have been streaming into Travnik for months... VERB: V prep/adv 8. When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it. Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard. VERB: V prep/adv 9. If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available. As new mines come on stream, Chile's share of world copper output will increase sharply... PHRASE: usu V PHRASE 10. see also jet stream

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

strem:

(1) nachal, English Versions of the Bible "stream," as: "Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed" (Ps 78:20). Often "valley," as "the valley (the King James Version "river") of the Arnon" (De 2:24); or "brook," as "the brook (the King James Version "river") of Egypt" (Jos 15:4; see BROOK or EGYPT); or "river," as "the river Kishon" (Jud 4:7).

(2) nahar (Aramaic nehar (Da 7:10); compare Arabic nahr, "river"): "He bindeth the streams," the King James Version "floods" (Job 28:11); "the River" (Euphrates) (Ex 23:31, etc.); "Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus" (2Ki 5:12).

(3) pelegh, the root palagh, "to split," "to divide," hence, "cleft," "channel": "a tree planted by the streams (the King James Version "rivers") of water" (Ps 1:3); "There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God" (Ps 46:4); but: "The king's heart is .... as the watercourses" (the King James Version "rivers of water") (Pr 21:1).

(4) 'aphiq, the root 'aphaq, "to be strong," hence, "channel," "valley," as holding, confining (BDB): "the streams in the South" (Ps 126:4); elsewhere "brook," as "the brooks (the King James Version "rivers") of Judah" (Joe 3:18); or "channel," as "the channel of brooks" (Job 6:15); or "watercourses" (the Revised Version margin "ravines," the King James Version "rivers") (Eze 6:3, etc.).

(5) ye'or, from Egyptian 'iotr, 'io'r, especially of the Nile, as: "Seven other kine came up after them out of the river" (Ge 41:3); the Revised Version (British and American) "stream," the King James Version "river" (Ex 7:19; 8:5);, the Revised Version (British and American) "stream," the King James Version "brook"; "The streams (margin "canals") of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up" (Isa 19:6).

(6) yabhal, the root yabhal, "to bear along": "brooks and streams of waters" (Isa 30:25); compare yabhal, "river," "that spreadeth out its roots by the river" (Jer 17:8); 'ubhal, "the river Ulai" (Da 8:2).

(7) nazal, "to flow," "to trickle": "He brought streams also out of the rock" (Ps 78:16).

(8) 'eshedh, "the slope of the valleys," the King James Version "the stream of the brooks" (Nu 21:15); compare 'ashedhoth, "the slopes" (Jos 10:40); "the slopes (margin "springs") of Pisgah" (De 3:17).

(9) potamos, "The stream brake against that house" (Lu 6:48,49); elsewhere "river," as "the river Jordan" (Mr 1:5).

(10) kludon, "stream," the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 19:7 (the Revised Version (British and American) "surge").

See BROOK; CANALS; CHANNEL; RIVER; VALE; WATERCOURSE.

Alfred Ely Day

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Current, course, flow, rush, tide. 2. River, rivulet, brook, run. 3. Current, drift, tendency, tide. II. v. n. 1. Flow, run, glide, pour. 2. Shed, pour out, emit. 3. Issue, radiate, go forth. 4. Extend, stretch out.

Moby Thesaurus

Brownian movement, X ray, Zeitgeist, abound, abundance, actinic ray, actinism, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appear, arise, ascend, ascending, ascent, assemble, atomic beam, atomic ray, avalanche, axial motion, back, back up, backflowing, backing, backward motion, backwash, barrage, beam, beam of light, bearing, beck, become manifest, become visible, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, branch, bristle with, brook, brooklet, budge, bumper crop, bunch, bunch up, burn, caravan, career, cascade, cataract, cavalcade, chain, change, change place, channel, circle, climb, climbing, clot, cluster, collect, column, come, come forth, come forward, come in sight, come out, come to hand, come to light, come together, commute, concourse, condensation trail, confluence, conflux, congregate, contrail, converge, copiousness, copulate, cortege, couple, course, cover ground, crawl with, creek, creep with, crop out, crosscurrent, crowd, current, current of air, date, defluxion, deluge, descend, descending, descent, direction, downdraft, downflow, downpour, downward motion, draft, dress parade, drift, driftage, drizzle, drum, ebb, ebbing, effluence, efflux, effusion, emanate, emerge, enter, exhaust, extravagance, exuberance, exuberate, fade in, fall, fall wind, fare, fare forth, fertility, fetch, file, flight, flit, flock together, flood, flow, flow back, flow in, flow of air, flow out, flow together, flowing, fluency, flush, flux, flyover, foison, following wind, forgather, forward motion, fountain, freshet, full measure, fullness, funeral, fuse, gamma ray, gang, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, generosity, generousness, get over, geyser, gill, glacial movement, gleam, glide, go, go along, go around, go round, go sideways, great abundance, great plenty, gush, gyrate, head wind, heave in sight, herd together, hie, hive, horde, huddle, indraft, inflow, infrared ray, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, invisible radiation, issue, issue forth, jet, jetstream, katabatic wind, kill, landslide, lavishness, league, leam, liberality, liberalness, line, link, look forth, loom, lots, luxuriance, main current, mainstream, make, march, march past, mass, materialize, maximum, meet, merge, mill, mill run, millrace, mizzle, monsoon, more than enough, motion, motorcade, mount, mounting, move, move along, move on, move over, movement, movement of air, much, mule train, muster, myriad, myriads, numerousness, oblique motion, ongoing, onrush, onward course, opulence, opulency, outcrop, outflow, outpouring, overflow, pack train, parade, pass, passage, patch, patter, peep out, pelt, pencil, photon, pitter-patter, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, plunge, plunging, pomp, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, prevalence, proceed, procession, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, progress, proliferate, promenade, quantities, queue, race, radial motion, radiation, radiorays, rain, rain tadpoles, rally, rally around, random motion, ray, ray of light, reflowing, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, regurgitate, rendezvous, repleteness, repletion, retrogress, retrogression, review, ribbon, ribbon of light, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, rill, riot, riotousness, rise, rising, river, rivulet, roll, roll on, rotate, row, run, run over, runnel, rush, sashay, scads, see the light, seethe, series, set, shift, shoot, show, show up, shower, shower down, sideward motion, sink, sinking, skimmington, slide, slip, soar, soaring, solar rays, spate, spatter, spin, spit, spout, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, sternway, stir, streak, stream forth, stream of air, stream of light, streamer, streamlet, strike the eye, string, subside, subsiding, substantiality, substantialness, succession, superabundance, surge, surge back, swarm, swarm with, swing, tail wind, tattoo, teem, teem with, teemingness, tenor, the general tendency, the main course, throng, tide, time spirit, tone, torrent, train, traject, trajet, travel, trend, tributary, turn up, ultraviolet ray, undercurrent, undertow, unite, updraft, upward motion, vapor trail, violet ray, vortex, wake, walk, wane, wash, water flow, watercourse, waterway, wayfare, wealth, weep, wend, whirl, wind