STREAM

I. noun Etymology: Middle English streme, from Old English strēam; akin to Old High German stroum ~, Greek rhein to flow Date: before 12th century a body of running water (as a river or brook) flowing on the earth, 2. a steady succession (as of words or events) , a constantly renewed or steady supply , a continuous moving procession , an unbroken flow (as of gas or particles of matter), a ray of light, 5. a prevailing attitude or group , a dominant influence or line of development , track 3c, II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to flow in or as if in a ~, to leave a bright trail , 2. to exude a bodily fluid profusely , to become wet with a discharge of bodily fluid , to trail out at full length , to pour in large numbers , transitive verb to emit freely or in a ~ , to display (as a flag) by waving