Stream \Stream\ (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre['a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str["o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry`sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [root]174. Cf. {Catarrh}, {Diarrhea}, {Rheum}, {Rhythm}.] 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
2. A beam or ray of light. ``Sun streams.'' --Chaucer.
3. Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. ``The stream of beneficence.'' --Atterbury. ``The stream of emigration.'' --Macaulay.
4. A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. ``The very stream of his life.'' --Shak.
5. Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
{Gulf stream}. See under {Gulf}.
{Stream anchor}, {Stream cable}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}, and {Cable}.
{Stream ice}, blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction.
{Stream tin}, particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.
{Stream works} (Cornish Mining), a place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. --Ure.
{To float with the stream}, figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.
Syn: Current; flow; rush; tide; course.
Usage: {Stream}, {Current}. These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.
Stream \Stream\, v. t. To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. --Spenser.
2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. --Bacon.
3. To unfurl. --Shak.
{To stream the buoy}. (Naut.) See under {Buoy}.
Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Streaming}.] 1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.
Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton.
2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson.
3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
The obsession, continentals feel, is with 'exit' rather than long-term commitment. On the other hand, the stream of flotations and dividends also promotes a dynamic recycling of wealth.
Higher nominal interest rates, as well, would probably turn recession to slump and certainly drive the stock market lower. This week's stream of company news has not of itself been wholly bad.
Analysts give Bristol-Myers credit for producing a stream of experimental drugs for Alzheimer's disease, senility, stroke and learning problems.
The chances are, though, that such pressures will remain muted for the time being. Recovery initially brings productivity gains as idle capacity is brought back on stream.
The Labor Department's numbers already assume a steady stream of 800,000 immigrants a year; to reach his goal, Mr. Bush would have to see that number more than double.
If they do come on stream, it adds, there will not be enough gas to supply them long-term.
Even determining whether the high caused the jet stream to split, or the split jet stream trapped the high, is difficult, Livezey said.
Even determining whether the high caused the jet stream to split, or the split jet stream trapped the high, is difficult, Livezey said.
The account balance remains on the branch's books, even though the deposits are moved to the private bank. The double counting is washed out at some point further down the accounting stream.
However, the outlook brightens next year, when the benefits of the freight distribution business's new computer system should start to feed through and the Pounds 18m Barcelona distribution centre announced in July comes on stream.
Whitmore said the purchase of Sterling was consistent with Kodak's strategy for chemical sciences, would give the company a "highly profitable revenue stream" and offers opportunities for cutting costs by eliminating overlaps.
Gov. Martha Lara played host to the governor's stream of visitors.
In a memorandum to NBC affiliates, Pierson G. Mapes, president of the network, said the show would provide a second revenue stream so desperately needed by the three major broadcast networks.
"One has to be blind not to see that the moderate stream is becoming the dominant one in the PLO," Labor parliament member Lova Eliav said on Israel television.
Workers dug a vertical rescue shaft using a huge truck-mounted pipeline excavator that uses a stream of compressed air to chisel away dirt and clay and then vacuums out the loose dirt.
The stream of East Germans using Hungary as a springboard to the West narrowed to a trickle after East Germany's decision to open its borders, Austrian border officials said today.
At Clomot, near Pouilly, there is a gorgeous view of a private chateau with a long lilac-topped wall and a white horse grazing in a stream below.
It was the only new field to be brought on stream in Russia last year. The company is controlled by Australian-listed Vanguard Oil through a 50.3 per cent holding by its Eurosov subsidiary.
It offers the opportunity of trying to extract more revenue from the mature coach market. The airport is a revenue stream in its own right, with operating profits in the year to March 1992 of Pounds 2.5m.
Unfortunately, during my many meetings with U.S. government officials during these past four years, they were usually aghast at the idea that there may be a whole stream of Red Army defectors if more deserters are brought out.
Such a mandate suggests that the bond issuer is likely to have a steady long-term stream of income with which to make interest payments.
But plans to net the fish and take them to a hatchery were put on hold because fire crews were able to build a buffer and protect their stream, said Ken Palmrose, spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service.
As the finale swung into full force Sunday night, a steady stream of stars in sparkling jewels and dresses began arriving at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel here.
Many people make this mistake, forgetting that the budgetary authority appropriated by Congress gives rise to a stream of spending by the executive branch extending over several years.
The strength of that revenue stream could even be sufficient to fund the bigger strategic moves.
"There's a dedicated revenue stream that's identifiable," notes Michael Shamosh municipal strategist at Cowen & Co. in New York.
But the slow initial response is further proof that buyers have become jaded by the almost continuous stream of incentives.
Mr. Quayle falls comfort ably within what has become the center-right main stream of U.S. politics.
But article in overseas newspapers and the unprecedented questioning of Uno about the report by a Socialist lawmaker in Parliament on Friday prompted a stream of stories and attempts by a host of reporters to confirm the account.
I remember watching a brother fishing the best pool on this particular lakeland stream.