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| n. | (str***emacr]m) |
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| Stream |
[AS.
streám; akin to OFries. str m, OS.
str m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG.
stroum, str m, Dan. *** Sw. strö]m, Icel.
straumr, Ir. |
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.
A beam or ray of light.
Anything issuing or moving with continued
succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of
sand.
A continued current or course; as, a
stream of weather.
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending
or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or
manners.
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| Stream (stream) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Stream |
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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.
To pour out, or emit, a stream or
streams.
To issue in a stream of light; to
radiate.
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy
motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the
wind.
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| Stream (stream) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Stream |
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To mark with colors or embroidery in long
tracts.
To unfurl.
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