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streams

The correct spelling is streams.

How to pronounce streams

/stɹiːmz/
noun

IPA: /stɹiːmz/

Say it like: Str-eem-s

The correct spelling is streams. A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks. For example: "He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass."

Usage Examples

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

Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  2. 2.A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
  3. 3.Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
  4. 4.(umbrella term) All moving waters.
  5. 5.A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

verb

  1. 1.To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
  2. 2.To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
  3. 3.To discharge in a stream.
  4. 4.To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.

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