stream
♦ stream /str'iːm/ (streams streaming streamed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A stream is a small narrow river.
There was a small stream at the end of the garden.
...a mountain stream.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it.
He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke...
Add the oil in a slow, steady stream.
3 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them.
There was a stream of traffic behind him.
4 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another.
We had a constant stream of visitors.
5 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts.
Tears streamed down their faces...
She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair.
6 [VERB] usu cont, V, V-ing
If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming.
Her eyes were streaming now from the wind...
A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers.
Refugees have been streaming into Travnik for months...
8 [VERB] V prep/adv
When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it.
Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard.
9 [PHRASE] usu V PHRASE
If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
As new mines come on stream, Chile's share of world copper output will increase sharply...
10
see also jet streamjet stream (jet streams)
[N-COUNT]
The jet stream is a very strong wind that blows high in the earth's atmosphere and has an important influence on the weather.rev|enue stream (revenue streams)
[N-COUNT]
A company's revenue stream is the amount of money that it receives from selling a particular product or service. (BUSINESS)
The events business, she said, was crucial to the group in that it provides a constant revenue stream.stream of con|scious|ness (streams of consciousness)
also stream-of-consciousness
[N-VAR] oft N n
If you describe what someone writes or says as a stream of consciousness, you mean that it expresses their thoughts as they occur, rather than in a structured way. (FORMAL)
The novel is an intensely lyrical stream-of-consciousness about an Indian woman who leaves her family home to be married...
1 [N-COUNT]
A stream is a small narrow river.
There was a small stream at the end of the garden.
...a mountain stream.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it.
He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke...
Add the oil in a slow, steady stream.
3 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them.
There was a stream of traffic behind him.
4 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
A stream of things is a large number of them occurring one after another.
We had a constant stream of visitors.
5 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts.
Tears streamed down their faces...
She came in, rain streaming from her clothes and hair.
6 [VERB] usu cont, V, V-ing
If your eyes are streaming, liquid is coming from them, for example because you have a cold. You can also say that your nose is streaming.
Her eyes were streaming now from the wind...
A cold usually starts with a streaming nose and dry throat.
7 [VERB] V prep/adv
If people or vehicles stream somewhere, they move there quickly and in large numbers.
Refugees have been streaming into Travnik for months...
8 [VERB] V prep/adv
When light streams into or out of a place, it shines strongly into or out of it.
Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard.
9 [PHRASE] usu V PHRASE
If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
As new mines come on stream, Chile's share of world copper output will increase sharply...
10
see also jet streamjet stream (jet streams)
[N-COUNT]
The jet stream is a very strong wind that blows high in the earth's atmosphere and has an important influence on the weather.rev|enue stream (revenue streams)
[N-COUNT]
A company's revenue stream is the amount of money that it receives from selling a particular product or service. (BUSINESS)
The events business, she said, was crucial to the group in that it provides a constant revenue stream.stream of con|scious|ness (streams of consciousness)
also stream-of-consciousness
[N-VAR] oft N n
If you describe what someone writes or says as a stream of consciousness, you mean that it expresses their thoughts as they occur, rather than in a structured way. (FORMAL)
The novel is an intensely lyrical stream-of-consciousness about an Indian woman who leaves her family home to be married...