STREAM


Meaning of STREAM in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a flowing body of water, esp. a small river.

2 a the flow of a fluid or of a mass of people (a stream of lava). b (in sing. or pl.) a large quantity of something that flows or moves along.

3 a current or direction in which things are moving or tending (against the stream).

4 Brit. a group of schoolchildren taught together as being of similar ability for a given age.

--v.

1. intr. flow or move as a stream.

2 intr. run with liquid (my eyes were streaming).

3 intr. (of a banner or hair etc.) float or wave in the wind.

4 tr. emit a stream of (blood etc.).

5 tr. Brit. arrange (schoolchildren) in streams.

Phrases and idioms:

go with the stream do as others do. on stream (of a factory etc.) in operation. stream-anchor an anchor intermediate in size between a bower and a kedge, esp. for use in warping. stream of consciousness

1. Psychol. a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events perceived as a continuous flow.

2 a literary style depicting events in such a flow in the mind of a character.

Derivatives:

streamless adj. streamlet n.

Etymology: OE stream f. Gmc

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.