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stream

To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. It may so please that she at length will stream Some dew of grace into my withered heart. (Spenser)

2. To mark with colours or embroidery in long tracts. The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. (bacon)

3. To unfurl. To stream the buoy.

See Buoy.

1. To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. Beneath those banks where rivers stream. (milton)

2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. A thousand suns will stream on thee. (Tennyson)

3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.

4. To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.

Origin: Streamed; Streaming.