Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STREAM
STREAM, v.i.
- To flow; to move or run in a continuous current. Blood streams from a vein. Beneath the banks where rivers stream. – Milton.
- To emit; to pour out in abundance. His eyes streamed with tears.
- To issue with continuance, not by fits. From op'ning skies my streaming glories shine. – Pope.
- To issue or shoot in streaks; as, light streaming from the east.
- To extend; to stretch in a long line; as, a flag streaming in the wind.
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