Definition of stream

• n. - 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.
• n. - A beam or ray of light.
• n. - Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
• n. - A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
• n. - Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
• v. i. - 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.
• v. i. - To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
• v. i. - To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
• v. i. - To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
• v. t. - To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
• v. t. - To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
• v. t. - To unfurl.