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Stream \Stream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Streamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Streaming}.]
1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a
current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as,
tears streamed from her eyes.
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Beneath those banks where rivers stream. --Milton.
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2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
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A thousand suns will stream on thee. --Tennyson.
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3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
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4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in
the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
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Streaming \Stream"ing\, a.
Sending forth streams.
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Streaming \Stream"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of that which streams; the act of
that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
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2. (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for
stream tin.
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3. (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; --
called also {protoplasmic streaming}.
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