The people streamed into the hall, each seeking the best possible seat.
•Water streamed into the room from the broken pipe.
•Complaints about the bawdy performance streamed in.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stream — [OE] A stream is etymologically something that ‘flows’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *straumaz (source also of German strom, Dutch stroom, Swedish ström, and Danish strøm). This in turn was derived from the Indo European base *sreu… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stream — [OE] A stream is etymologically something that ‘flows’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic *straumaz (source also of German strom, Dutch stroom, Swedish ström, and Danish strøm). This in turn was derived from the Indo European base *sreu… … Word origins
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stream — stream1 W3 [stri:m] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(small river)¦ 2¦(continuous series)¦ 3¦(air/water)¦ 4 come on stream 5¦(school)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English;] 1.) ¦(SMALL RIVER)¦ a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river … Dictionary of contemporary English
stream — [[t]stri͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦♦ streams, streaming, streamed 1) N COUNT A stream is a small narrow river. There was a small stream at the end of the garden. ...a mountain stream. Syn: brook 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of … English dictionary
stream — n. & v. n. 1 a flowing body of water, esp. a small river. 2 a the flow of a fluid or of a mass of people (a stream of lava). b (in sing. or pl.) a large quantity of something that flows or moves along. 3 a current or direction in which things are … Useful english dictionary
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