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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. |
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A beam or ray of light. |
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Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of
parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. |
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A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. |
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Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving
causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. |
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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. |
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To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. |
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To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. |
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To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float
in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. |
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To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow;
to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. |
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To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. |
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To unfurl. |