1. Delivery of a continuous data stream, esp. of audio or video over the Internet
   "The rise of streaming has revolutionized how people consume media"
    
2. The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
   "streaming helps distribute nutrients throughout the cell";
   - cyclosis
    
3. [Brit] Putting pupils into groups of similar ability to be taught together
   "The school implemented streaming in mathematics";
   - tracking [US]

1. Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
   "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"
    
2. (computing) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed
   "streaming audio"; "streaming video recording"

1. Flow freely and abundantly
   "Tears streamed down her face";
   - well out
    
2. To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
   "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
    
3. Exude profusely
   "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
    
4. Move in large numbers
   "people were streaming out of the theatre";
   - pour, swarm, teem, pullulate
    
5. Play a video or audio file as it downloads from the Internet
   "They streamed the live concert on their smartphones"
    
6. [Brit, Cdn] Assign students to different groups according to perceived ability
   "The school decided to stop streaming students in maths classes";
   - track [N. Amer]

Derived forms: streamings

See also: unprocessed

Type of: be adrift, blow, course, crowd, crowd together, drift, exudate, exude, feed, float, flow, ooze, ooze out, organic phenomenon, run, transude

Encyclopedia: Streaming