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(strm), n.[AS. strem; akin to OFries. strm, OS. strm, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, strm, Dan. & Sw. strm, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. "ry°sis a flowing, "rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. 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." 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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