streams

Noun

stream (plural streams)

1. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
   • Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   beck, brook, burn

2. (umbrella term) All moving waters.
3. 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.
4. Current, the force of moving water.
   • to swim against the stream
5. 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.
6. (figuratively) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
   • Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.

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