stream
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banksA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
» The stream flows into the pond.
Ручей впадает в пруд.
Струмок впадає у ставок.
Meaning
11 sensesA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
Bach
руче́йručéj, ре́чкаréčka, пото́кpotók
струмо́кstrumók, рі́чкаríčka, поті́кpotík
All moving waters.
пото́кpotók
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
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.
струя́strujá
Current, the force of moving water.
to swim against the stream
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.
Strom
пото́кpotók, струя́strujá
струмstrum, поті́кpotík, стру́міньstrúminʹ
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
(figuratively)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 source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
In the context of computer science, lexical analysis can be defined as the conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens.
Datenstrom
пото́кpotók, стримstrim
Digital data (e.g. music or video) delivered in a continuous manner to a client computer, intended for immediate consumption or playback.
An instance of streaming digital data.
A live stream.
(UK)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.
пото́кpotók
A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
Not to switch streams, but we really need to focus on talking about the economy right now...
Examples
297 sentencesThe stream flows into the pond.
Струмок впадає у ставок. — aandrusiak
ruРучей впадает в пруд. — fjay69
He sat next to the stream.
deEr saß nahe am Fluss. — Esperantostern
This stream runs dry every summer.
ruЭтот ручей пересыхает каждое лето. — marafon
There's no water in the stream.
I had to cross the stream.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: streamsSynonyms
6 synonyms- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas:flowcurrent
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth:watercourse
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously:flow
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression:flow
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes):current