Definition of: stream

(strēm) noun
1. A current or flow of water or other fluid.
2. Anything continuously flowing, moving, or passing, as people.
3. A continuous course or advance; drift; current.
4. Anything issuing out or flowing from a source; a ray.
—on stream In full commercial production, as an oil refinery, chemical plant, etc.
—v.i.
1. To pour forth or issue in a stream.
2. To pour forth a stream: eyes streaming with tears.
3. To move in continuous succession; proceed uninterruptedly, as a crowd.
4. To float with a waving movement, as a flag.
5. To move with a trail of light, as a meteor.
6. In mining or dyeing, to wash in running water. [OE strēam]
—stream′y adjective Synonyms (noun): brook, channel, course, creek, current, drift, eddy, flow, flume, flux, race, rill, river, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, streamlet, tide, watercourse.