stream

noun
/ˈstɹiːm/

A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.

Other meanings

All moving waters.
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
“He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.”

A kind of

body of water

Kinds of stream

branch
run
tidal stream

Example sentences

“He moves through life like a gentle stream.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“This is very stream-of-consciousness.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "strēam".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stream” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.