"streaming" in the noun sense
1. cyclosis, streaming
the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
"streaming" in the verb sense
1. stream
to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
"their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
2. stream
exude profusely
"She was streaming with sweat"
"His nose streamed blood"
3. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
move in large numbers
"people were pouring out of the theater"
"beggars pullulated in the plaza"
4. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
rain heavily
"Put on your rain coat
5. stream, well out
flow freely and abundantly
"Tears streamed down her face"
"streaming" in the adjective sense
1. streaming
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
"his streaming face"
"her streaming eyes"
2. streaming
computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data
"streaming audio"
"streaming video recording"
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