stream
/ˈstɹiːm/ noun B1- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- All moving waters.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air). · He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.
- Current, the force of moving water. · to swim against the stream
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words. · Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.
- A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding. · Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
- A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- An instance of streaming digital data.
Plural streams
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Down the stream the raft floated, and the poor Scarecrow was left far behind.
The stream brings down the clay.”
His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired.
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