A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
A beam or ray of light.
Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand.
A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather.
Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
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.
To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears.
To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
To unfurl.
Running or moving rapidly.
Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.
Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.
A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.
General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.
