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stream  (strm)
n.
1.
a. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
b. A steady current in such a flow of water.
2. A steady current of a fluid.
3. A steady flow or succession: a stream of insults. See Synonyms at flow.
4. A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history.
5. A beam or ray of light.
6. Chiefly British A course of study to which students are tracked.
v. streamed, stream·ing, streams
v.intr.
1. To flow in or as if in a stream.
2. To pour forth or give off a stream; flow: My eyes were streaming with tears.
3. To come or go in large numbers; pour: Traffic was streaming by. Fan mail streamed in.
4. To extend, wave, or float outward: The banner streamed in the breeze.
5.
a. To leave a continuous trail of light.
b. To give forth a continuous stream of light rays or beams; shine.
v.tr.
To emit, discharge, or exude (a body fluid, for example).
Idiom:
on stream
In or into operation or production: a new power plant soon to go on stream.

[Middle English streme, from Old English stram; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]

streamy adj.

stream
Noun
1. a small river
2. any steady flow of water or other liquid
3. something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction: the stream of traffic
4. a fast and continuous flow of speech: the constant stream of jargon
5. Brit, Austral, & NZ a class of school children grouped together because of similar ability
Verb
1. to pour in a continuous flow: rain streamed down her cheeks
2. (of a crowd of people or traffic or a herd of animals) to move in unbroken succession
3. to float freely or with a waving motion: a flimsy pink dress that streamed out behind her
4. Brit & NZ to group (school children) in streams [Old English strēam]
streaming n
streamlet n

stream  (strm)
1. A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river.
2. A flow of a watery substance, such as blood in blood vessels or cytoplasm in fungal hyphae, in an organism or in part of an organism.

Stream a continuous flow.
Examples: stream of abuse; of beneficence; of blood, 1225; of bubbles, 1727; of cold air; of emigrants, 1849; of fire, 1777; of ice; of people, 1639; of swifts, 1857; of tears, 1591; of wind, 1753; of words.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.streamstream - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one
brook, creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
crossing, ford - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
headstream - a stream that forms the source of a river
meander - a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
midstream - the middle of a stream
river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet, run - a small stream
tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
2.stream - 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"
course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
3.stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
spillage, spill, release - the act of allowing a fluid to escape
overflow, flood, outpouring - a large flow
4.stream - 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"
motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
5.stream - 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"
tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides
rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
undertide, undercurrent - a current below the surface of a fluid
flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
violent stream, torrent - a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
eddy, twist - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex - a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
ocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
Verb1.stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
2.stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
3.stream - move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
spill out, spill over, pour out - be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"
4.stream - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
5.streamstream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"

stream
verb 5. rush, fly, speed, tear, flood, pour
Translations

stream [striːm] nriachuelo, arroyo (= jet); chorro (= flow); corriente f [of people] → oleada
vt (SCOL) → dividir en grupos por habilidad
vicorrer, fluir;
to stream in/out [people] → entrar/salir en tropel;
against the stream → a contracorriente;
on stream [new power plant etc] → en funcionamiento
stream [striːm] n (= brook) → ruisseau m (= current); courant m, flot m [of people]; défilé ininterrompu, flot
vt (Scol) → répartir par niveau
viruisseler;
to stream in/out → entrer/sortir à flots;
against the stream → à contre courant;
on stream [new power plant etc] → en service
stream [striːm] n (small river) → Bach m;
(current) → Strömung f;
(of people, vehicles) → Strom m;
(of questions, insults etc) → Flut f, Schwall m;
(of smoke) → Schwaden m;
(Scol) → Leistungsgruppe f
vt (Scol) → in Leistungsgruppen einteilen
viströmen;
against the stream → gegen den Strom;
to come on stream (new power plant etc) → in Betrieb genommen werden
stream [striːm] nruscello; corrente f [of people] → fiume m
vt (SCOL) → dividere in livelli di rendimento
viscorrere;
to stream in/out → entrare/uscire a fiotti;
against the stream → controcorrente;
on stream [new power plant etc] → in funzione, in produzione

stream
n stream [striːm]
1 a small river or brook He managed to jump across the stream. stroom جَدْوَل، نُهَيْر поток potok vandløb der Wasserlauf ποταμάκι, ρυάκι riachuelo, arroyo oja نهر puro ruisseau נַחַל दरिया, नदी, सरिता potok patak anak sungai á, lækur ruscello 小川 개울, 시내 upelis strauts; upīte anak sungai stroom liten elv, bekk strumień ribeiro pârâu ручей potok potok potok ström, vattendrag ลำธาร çay, dere 溪流 потік, струмок ندی یا نالہ dòng suối
2 a flow of eg water, air etc A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses. stroom, vloei سَيْل، فَيْضٌ من струя proud strøm; række der Strom ρεύμα corriente, flujo, chorro voog, hoovus روانه virta torrent זֶרֶם धारा, प्रवाह tok, tijek ár(adat) arus straumur, flaumur, flóð torrente 流れ 흐름, 수류; 기류; 연속되는 것 srovė, srautas straume; kustība; rinda arus stroom strøm strumień corrente aflux поток; струя prúd tok tok ström, flöde, harang กระแส ... seli, ... akıntısı; akıntı 一股(串) течія; струмінь پانی یا ہوا کا بہاؤ dòng, luồng
3 the current of a river etc He was swimming against the stream. stroom تَيّار течение proud strøm der Strom ρεύμα, ροή (ποταμού) corriente vool جريان رود virta courant זֶרֶם बहाव, धारा struja áram(lás) aliran sungai straumur corrente 流れ (강물의) 흐름, 조류 srovė straume arus stroom strøm prąd corrente curent течение prúd vodni tok struja ström กระแสน้ำ akıntı 水流 потік, течія ندی کی دھارا chiều nước chảy
4 in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability. klas أحَد الصُّفوف المُقَسَّمَه حَسَب القُدْرَه уч. поток oddělení niveau die Leistungsgruppe τμήμα τάξης clase, grupo, nivel tasemerühm گروه شاگردان tasoryhmä classe de niveau מְגַמָה तांता, कतार razdjel (u koji se dijele učenici, po sposobnosti) szintezett csoport jurusan bekkur (sem raðað er í skv. námsgetu) sezione 能力別クラス (학생들의) 능력별 분류[] (vienodų gabumų mokinių) klasė klase (ar skolēnu dalījumu pēc spējām) aliran niveaugroep kursplan, nivå, evnegruppe grupa turma an de studiu поток; класс smer(ovanie) razred enakovrednih specijalno odeljenje nivågrupp ห้องเรียนที่เด็กรุ่นเดียวกันถูกแบ่งตามความสามารถที่เหมือนกัน öğrencilerin yetenek düzeylerine göre kümelere ayrıldıkları sınıf 同一年級同年齡學生按智力劃分的小組 клас, сформований з урахуванням здібностей учнів اسکول کی وہ جماعت جس میں یکساں عمر کے بچوں کو ان کی اہلیت کے مطابق علاحدہ کیا جاتا ہے lớp, phân lớp
v
1 to flow Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind. vloei, stroom, waai يَتَدَفَّق، يَسْري، يَجْري лея (се) proudit; vát strømme; blafre strömen κυλώ, ρέω, ξεχύνομαι manar, correr, chorrear voolama, voogama جريان يافتن virrata, hulmuta ruisseler; à flots sortir; flotter au vent לִזרוֹם धारा रेखी रूप देना strujati, teći áramlik; leng mengalir streyma; blakta uscire, fluire; ondeggiare 流れ出る 흐르다; 쏟아져 나오다; 나부끼다 tekėti, plūsti, plaikstytis plūst; (par matiem u.tml.) plīvot mengalir stromen strømme; flagre płynąć, powiewać fluir a curge şi­roaie; a se revărsa; a flutura în vânt течь, струиться prúdiť; viať zlivati se, teči; plapolati teći strömma, fladdra ไหล sel gibi akmak/boşanmak 流出 текти, витікати; литися بہنا chảy, tuôn ra
2 to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools. in klasse verdeel يُقَسِّم الطُّلاب حَسَب القُدْرَه разделям ученици в паралелки rozdělovat podle schopností niveaudele in Leistungsgruppen einteilen κατατάσσω σε τμήματα ανάλογα με την επίδοση separar por niveles taseme põhjal klassidesse jaotama دانش آموزان رارده بندي كردن jakaa tasoryhmiin répartir par niveau לְחַלֵק לְמגַמוֹת सरल और कारगर बनाना podijeliti učenike u razdjele prema sposobnosti szintez (tanulókat) membagi dalam jurusan raða eftir námsgetu (selezionare e dividere) 能力別に分ける (학생을) 능력별로 편성하다 išskirstyti pagal gabumus iedalīt skolēnus pēc viņu spējām menempatkan ke dalam aliran tertentu in niveaugroepen indelen gruppere etter evne dzielić według zdolności seleccionar a repartiza pe ani de studiu распределять по потокам, классам rozdeľovať podľa schopností kategorizirati odvojiti decu u školi nivågruppera แบ่งห้องเรียนตามความสามารถของเด็กนักเรียน öğrencileri yeteneklerine göre sınıflandırmak 按智力分班 формувати класи з урахуванням здібностей учнів اسکولی بچوں کی جماعتوں کو ان کی اہلیت کے مطابق علاحدہ کرنا đưa vào lớp cùng trình độ
n ˈstreamer
a long narrow banner, or narrow paper ribbon The aeroplane dragged a streamer that read `Come to the Festival'; The classroom was decorated with balloons and streamers. wimpel قُصاصَه طَويلَه банер transparent; stuha streamer (langes) Band στενόμακρο διαφημιστικό πανό, σερπαντίνα serpentina lipp, lint نوار كاغذي تزييني viiri, serpentiini banderole סֵרֶט צִבעוֹנִי पताका, फरहरा, ज्योति रेखा vrpca, barjačić (reklám)zászló; papírszalag bendera panjang ræma banderuola 拭ャし 가늘고 긴 종이 리본, 길다란 기, 페넌트 plakatas, popierinis kaspinas vimpelis; (papīra) lentes panji-panji wimpel bånd; transparent; strimle wstęga, serpentyna serpentina banner; panglică вымпел; лозунг, лента transparent; stuha transparent, papirnata kača, zastavica traka u boji banderoll, vimpel, remsa, serpentin สายรุ้งประดับ flândra, serpantin, grapon kâğıdı 橫幅,條幅 вимпел; довга стрічка جھنڈا biểu ngữ, cờ giải
adj ˈstreamlined
1 (of a plane, car, ship etc) shaped so as to move faster and more efficiently the newest, most streamlined aircraft. vaartbelyn مُصَمَّم لِيَنْساب بِسُرْعَه ، إنْسِيابي аеродинамичен aerodynamický strømlinet stromlinienförmig αεροδυναμικός aerodinámico voolujooneline كم مقاومت در برابر آب و هوا virtaviivainen aérodynamique לְעַצֵב בְּמִבנֶה אֲווִירוֹדִינִמי धारा रेखित aerodinamičan áramvonalas ramping straumlínulaga aerodinamico 再先端をいく 유선형의 aptakus pludlīnijas- bergaris arus gestroomlijnd strømlinjet opływowy aerodinâmico aerodinamic обтекаемый aerodynamický aerodinamičen aerodinamičan strömlinjeformad ซึ่งเพรียวลม aerodinamik 流線型的 обтічний مزاحمت یا رکاوٹ پیدا کرنے والے اسباب سے پاک có dáng thuôn, có dáng khí động 线
2 efficient and economical streamlined business methods. doeltreffend ناجِع واقِتِصادي добре организиран efektivní effektiv og økonomisk fortschrittlich υπερσύγχρονος racionalizado tõhus كار آمد tehokas rationalisé לְייַעֵל सरल एवं कारगर efikasno organiziran, pojednostavljen korszerű efisien hagkvæmur efficiente 能率化した 합리화된, 능률화된 supaprastintas, paprastesnis efektīvs; mūsdienīgs; perfekts diperkemas gestroomlijnd effektiv, økonomisk sprawny eficiente raţionalizat хорошо налаженный efektívny racionaliziran efikasan rationaliserad, effektiviserad ที่มีประสิทธิภาพและประหยัด daha verimli hâle getirilmiş 合理化的 добре налагоджений; модернізований مؤثر được sắp xếp, tổ chức đầy đủ


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