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Meaning of stream

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stream
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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