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stream

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1. stream - Noun

2. stream - Verb

3. Stream - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

A beam or ray of light.

Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.

A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.

Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.

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.

To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.

To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.

To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

To unfurl.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. Ovid

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. Woodrow Wilson

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. George Eliot

Every stream has its source. African Zulu Proverb

Cross the stream where it is shallowest. English Proverb

Slander by the stream will be heard by the frogs. Mozambican Proverb

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