Meaning

noun a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

verb to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

noun dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

originFrom 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. Cognate with Scots strem, streme, streym (“stream, river”), North Frisian Stroom, struum (“stream”), West Frisian stream (“stream”), Low German Stroom…

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