stream

noun

• 1a small, narrow river.

• 2a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas:Frank blew out a stream of smoke the blood gushed out in scarlet streams
• a mass of people or things moving continuously in the same direction:there is a steady stream of visitors
• a large number of things that happen or come one after the other:a woman screamed a stream of abuse

• 3 Computing a continuous flow of data or instructions, typically one having a constant or predictable rate.
• a continuous flow of video and audio material relayed over the Internet.

• 4British term for track¹ (sense 5 of the noun).

verb

• 1 [no object] (of liquid) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction:she sat with tears streaming down her face figurativesunlight streamed through the windows
• (of a mass of people or things) move in a continuous flow in a specified direction:he was watching the taxis streaming past

• 2 [no object] (usually be streaming) (of a person or part of the body) produce a continuous flow of liquid; run with liquid:my eyes were streaming I woke up in the night, streaming with sweat [with object]:his mouth was streaming blood

• 3 [no object] (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind:her black cloak streamed behind her

• 4 [with object] Computing transmit (audio or video data) continuously, so that the parts arriving first can be viewed or listened to while the remainder is downloading.

• 5British term for track¹ (sense 4 of the verb).