Meaning

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

• 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."

• Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.

  "Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse."

• (umbrella term) All moving waters.

• A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

• A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.

  "Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture."

• A division of a school year by perceived ability.

  "All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream."

• A live stream.

Meaning

• To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

• To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.

  "A flag streams in the wind."

• To discharge in a stream.

  "The soldier's wound was streaming blood."

• To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.