stream


stream (http://definr.com/stream)

     n 1: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the
          earth [syn: 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: flow, current]
     3: a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft
        floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of
        air" [syn: current]
     4: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
        [syn: flow]
     5: 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: flow]
     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" [syn: pour, swarm]
     4: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring
        outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, {rain
        buckets}]
     5: flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
        [syn: well out]