stream

English

/stɹiːm/

noun
Definitions
  • A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  • A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
  • Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
  • (sciences) All moving waters.
  • (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
  • (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
  • (UK) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
  • A live stream.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English streem inherited from Old English strēam (current, a stream, flood, flowing water, stream) inherited from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (stream) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (river), *srew- (flow, stream), *srew- (flow, stream).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*srew-

Gloss

flow, stream

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

河

Emoji

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