stream

CEFRB1

/ˈstɹiːm/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small, narrow river.

  2. 02

    verb

    To send or receive media over the internet as it plays.

Examples

  • As he crossed the bridge, he looked down at the stream.

  • The course of the stream has now been diverted.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯m] ~ [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯m]
  • /ˈstɾim/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).

  2. All moving waters.

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

More examples

In context

  • The ball rolled into the stream.

  • He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum. Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river”), North Frisian Stroom, struum (“stream”), West Frisian stream (“stream”), Low German Stroom (“stream”), Dutch stroom (“current, flow, stream”), German Strom (“current, stream”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål strøm (“current, stream, flow”), Norwegian Nynorsk straum (“current, stream, flow”), Swedish ström (“current, stream, flow”), Faroese streymur (“stream”), Icelandic straumur (“current, strea...