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stream

/ˈstɹiːm/ noun

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In Latin: rīvus, amnis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stream at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  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).
    He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

verb

  1. To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
  2. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
    A flag streams in the wind.
  3. To discharge in a stream.
    The soldier's wound was streaming blood.

Origin

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.

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