I. ˈstrēm noun
Etymology: Middle English streme, from Old English strēam; akin to Old High German stroum stream, Greek rhein to flow
Date: before 12th century
1. : a body of running water (as a river or brook) flowing on the earth ; also : any body of flowing fluid (as water or gas)
2.
a. : a steady succession (as of words or events)
kept up an endless stream of chatter
b. : a constantly renewed or steady supply
a stream of revenve
c. : a continuous moving procession
a stream of traffic
3. : an unbroken flow (as of gas or particles of matter)
4. : a ray of light
5.
a. : a prevailing attitude or group
has always run against the stream of current fashion
b. : a dominant influence or line of development
the influence of two stream s of inheritance: genetic and cultural — P. B. Baltes
6. British : track 3c
II. verb
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to flow in or as if in a stream
b. : to leave a bright trail
a meteor stream ed through the sky
2.
a. : to exude a bodily fluid profusely
her eyes were stream ing
b. : to become wet with a discharge of bodily fluid
stream ing with perspiration
3. : to trail out at full length
her hair stream ing back as she ran
4. : to pour in large numbers
complaints came stream ing in
transitive verb
1. : to emit freely or in a stream
his eyes stream ed tears
2. : to display (as a flag) by waving