interstream
noun
1.
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
2.
a steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean: to row against the stream; the Gulf Stream. Synonyms: flow, tide.
3.
any flow of water or other liquid or fluid: streams of blood.
4.
a current or flow of air, gas, or the like.
5.
a beam or trail of light: A stream of moonlight fell from the clouds.
6.
a continuous flow or succession of anything: a stream of words. Synonyms: torrent, rush.
7.
prevailing direction; drift: the stream of opinion.
8.
Digital Technology. a flow of data, as an audio broadcast, a movie, or live video, transmitted smoothly and continuously from a source to a computer, mobile device, etc.
verb (used without object)
9.
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, as water, tears, or blood. Synonyms: pour.
10.
to send forth or throw off a stream; run or flow (often followed by with ): eyes streaming with tears.
11.
to extend in a beam or in rays, as light: Sunlight streamed in through the windows.
12.
to move or proceed continuously like a flowing stream, as a procession.
13.
to wave or float outward, as a flag in the wind.
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verb (used with object)
Idioms 15.
to send forth or discharge in a stream: The wound streamed blood.
16.
to cause to stream or float outward, as a flag.
17.
Digital Technology. to transfer or transmit (data) in such a way that it is processed in a steady and continuous stream: Internet service providers are talking about setting limits on the amount of data that can be streamed into your home.
18.
Nautical. to place (an object) in the water at the end of a line attached to a vessel.
19.
on stream, in or into operation: The factory will be on stream in a month.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English streem, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum); (v.) Middle English streamen, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English streem, Old English strēam; cognate with German Strom, Old Norse straumr; akin to Greek rheîn to flow (see rheum); (v.) Middle English streamen, derivative of the noun
Related forms
stream·less, adjective
stream·like, adjective
in·ter·stream, adjective
out·stream, verb (used with object)
un·der·stream, noun
Synonym Study
Stream, current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains. Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current.
Stream, current refer to a steady flow. In this use they are interchangeable. In the sense of running water, however, a stream is a flow that may be as small as a brook or as large as a river: A number of streams have their sources in mountains. Current refers to the most rapidly moving part of the stream: This river has a swift current.
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stream (striːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a small river; brook |
| 2. | any steady flow of water or other fluid |
| 3. | something that resembles a stream in moving continuously in a line or particular direction |
| 4. | a rapid or unbroken flow of speech, etc: a stream of abuse |
| 5. | a flow of money into a business: a revenue stream |
| 6. | (Brit) any of several parallel classes of schoolchildren, or divisions of children within a class, grouped together because of similar ability |
| 7. | go with the stream, drift with the stream to conform to the accepted standards |
| 8. | off stream (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production |
| 9. | on stream |
| a. (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) in or about to go into operation or production | |
| b. available or in existence | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 10. | to emit or be emitted in a continuous flow: his nose streamed blood |
| 11. | (intr) to move in unbroken succession, as a crowd of people, vehicles, etc |
| 12. | (intr) to float freely or with a waving motion: bunting streamed in the wind |
| 13. | (tr) to unfurl (a flag, etc) |
| 14. | (intr) to move causing a trail of light, condensed gas, etc, as a jet aircraft |
| 15. | mining to wash (earth, gravel, etc) in running water in prospecting (for gold, etc), to expose the particles of ore or metal |
| 16. | (Brit) education to group or divide (children) in streams |
| [Old English; related to Old Frisian strām, Old Norse straumr, Old High German stroum, Greek rheuma] | |
| 'streamlet | |
| —n | |
| 'streamlike | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
stream
O.E. stream "a course of water," from P.Gmc. *straumaz (cf. O.S. strom, O.N. straumr, Dan. strøm, Swed. ström, Norw. straum, O.Fris. stram, Du. stroom, O.H.G. stroum, Ger. Strom "current, river"), from PIE base *sreu- "flow" (see rheum). Meaning "current in the
sea" (e.g. Gulf Stream) is recorded from late 14c. The verb is attested from early 13c. Streamer "flag that streams in the air" is recorded from late 13c. Stream of consciousness in lit crit first recorded 1931, originally in psychology (1855).
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