stream
n 1: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the
earth [syn: {watercourse}]
2: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive
events or ideas: "two streams of development run through
American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of
thought"; "the current of history" [syn: {flow}, {current}]
3: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
[syn: {flow}]
4: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving
continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the
terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow
of visitors" [syn: {flow}]
5: a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft
floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of
air" [syn: {current}]
v 1: to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind: "their
manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind."
2: exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose
streamed blood"
3: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the
theater" [syn: {pour}, {swarm}]
4: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat--it's pouring outside!"
[syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {rain cats and dogs}, {rain buckets}]
5: flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
[syn: {well out}]