stream

²stream

verb

Definition of STREAM

intransitive verb

1

a : to flow in or as if in a stream b : to leave a bright trail <a meteor streamed through the sky>

2

a : to exude a bodily fluid profusely <her eyes were streaming> b : to become wet with a discharge of bodily fluid <streaming with perspiration>

3

: to trail out at full length <her hair streaming back as she ran>

4

: to pour in large numbers <complaints came streaming in>

transitive verb

1

: to emit freely or in a stream <his eyes streamed tears>

2

: to display (as a flag) by waving

Examples of STREAM

1. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
2. I could feel the cold air streaming in through the crack in the window.
3. Sunlight was streaming in through the window.
4. rays of light streaming through the clouds
5. His face streamed with sweat.
6. People streamed into the hall.
7. Immigrants streamed into the country.
8. Hundreds of letters streamed in from listeners.

First Known Use of STREAM

13th century

Related to STREAM

Synonyms: pour

Antonyms: back up

Related Words: ladle, spoon; cascade, trickle; deluge, flood, inundate, overflow

Near Antonyms: clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, harden, set

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