Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 169
Stratification (n.) (Physiol.) 成層；階層的形成；【地】層理；地層 The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance.
Stratification (n.) The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata.
Stratification (n.) The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group [syn: {stratification}, {social stratification}].
Stratification (n.) Forming or depositing in layers.
Stratification (n.) A layered configuration.
Stratification (n.) The placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination.
Stratified (a.) 形成階層的；分為不同等級的；分層的 Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.
Stratify (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stratifying.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. Stratigraphic
Stratified (a.) Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" [syn: {graded}, {ranked}, {stratified}].
Stratified (a.) Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock" [syn: {stratified}, {bedded}] [ant: {unstratified}]
Stratified (a.) (Used of society) Socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified" [syn: {class-conscious}, {stratified}]
Stratiform (a.) Having the form of strata.
Stratified (imp. & p. p.) of Stratify.
Stratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stratify.
Stratify (v. t.) 使成層；使分層；使形成階層 To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. Stratigraphic
Stratify (v.) (v. i.) 成層；分層；形成階層 Divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society."
Stratify (v.) Form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies."
Stratify (v.) Develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens".
Stratify (v.) Form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses".
Stratify (v.) Render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds".
Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of Stratigraphical
Stratigraphical (a.) (Geol.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. -- Strat`i*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Stratigraphic
Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of -ical.
-ical (a.) (Mil.) See Stratographic.
Stratigraphy (n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
Stratigraphy (n.) The branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata.
Stratocracy (n.) A military government; government by military chiefs and an army.
Stratocracy (n.) Government by the military and an army [syn: military government, stratocracy].
Stratocracy, () A military government; government by military chiefs of an army.
Stratographic (a.) Alt. of Stratographical
Stratographical (a.) Of or pertaining to stratography.
Stratography (n.) A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
Stratonic (a.) Of or pertaining to an army. [R.]
Stratotic (a.) Warlike; military. [R.]
Stratovolcano (n.) [地] 複式火山（英語：Stratovolcano），又稱為成層火山、層狀火山，[1] 是一個錐形火山，是由多層的硬化的熔岩、火山噴發碎屑、浮岩和火山灰堆積形成的。 Stratovolcanoes have relatively steep sides and are more cone-shaped than shield volcanoes. They are formed from viscous, sticky lava that does not flow easily. The lava therefore builds up around the vent forming a volcano with steep sides. Stratovolcanoes are more likely to produce explosive eruptions due to gas building up in the viscous magma.
Andesite (named after the Andes Mountains), is perhaps the most common rock type of stratovolcanoes, but stratovolcanoes also erupt a wide range of different rocks in different tectonic settings.
Stratums (n. pl. ) of Stratum.
Strata (n. pl. ) of Stratum.
Stratum (n.) (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
Stratum (n.) A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
Stratum (n.) One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock).
Stratum (n.) People having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class].
Stratum (n.) An abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum].
Stratus (n.) (Meteor.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
Stratus (n.) A large dark low cloud [syn: stratus, stratus cloud].
Stratus, () One of the leading manufacturers of fault-tolerant computer systems. While virtually all of Stratus' cor hardware and software is sold into the financial services, telecommunications, travel and transportation, and gaming these markets, a broad range of middleware and applications are developed and marketed by Stratus, its subsidiaries, and third party partners.
Yearly sales $609M, profits $43.5M (1996).
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Straught () imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight. [Written also straucht.] [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. -- Chaucer.
Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
Straw (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
Straw (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
I set not a straw by thy dreamings. -- Chaucer.
Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned, straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like.
Man of straw, An effigy formed by stuffing the garments of a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an irresponsible person; a puppet.
Straw (a.) Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored.
Straw (n.) Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder.
Straw (n.) Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble].
Straw (n.) A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat].
Straw (n.) A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw].
Straw (v.) Cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm."
Straw (v.) Spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw].
Straw, () Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25.
Strawberry (n.) (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.
Strawberry bass. (Zool.) See Calico bass, under Calico.
Strawberry blite. (Bot.) See under Blite.
Strawberry borer (Zool.), Any one of several species of insects whose larvae burrow in the crown or roots of the strawberry vine. Especially:
Strawberry borer (Zool.) The root borer ({Anarsia lineatella), a very small dark gray moth whose larvae burrow both in the larger roots and crown, often doing great damage.
Strawberry borer (Zool.) The crown borer ({Tyloderma fragariae), a small brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the plant.
Strawberry bush (Bot.), An American shrub ({Euonymus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril.
Strawberry crab (Zool.), A small European spider crab ({Eurynome aspera); -- so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles.
Strawberry fish (Zool.) The amadavat.
Strawberry geranium (Bot.), A kind of saxifrage ({Saxifraga sarmentosa) having reniform leaves, and producing long runners like those of the strawberry.
Strawberry leaf. (a) The leaf of the strawberry.
Strawberry leaf. (b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. "The strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on her ladyship's heart." -- Thackeray.
Strawberry-leaf roller (Zool.), Any one of several species of moths whose larvae roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of the strawberry vine; especially, Phoxopteris fragariae, and Eccopsis permundana.
Strawberry moth (Zool.), Any one of several species of moth whose larvae feed on the strawberry vines; as:
(a) The smeared dagger ({Apatela oblinita), whose large hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright yellow spots on each side.
(b) A geometrid ({Angerona crocataria) which is yellow with dusky spots on the wings. Called also currant moth.
Strawberry pear (Bot.), The red ovoid fruit of a West Indian plant of the genus Cereus ({Cereus triangularia). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the fruit.
Strawberry sawfly (Zool.), A small black sawfly ({Emphytus maculatus) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine.
Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) See Alkekengi.
Strawberry tree. (Bot.) See Arbutus.
Strawberry vine (Bot.), The plant which yields the strawberry.
Strawberry worm (Zool.), The larva of any moth which feeds on the strawberry vine.
Strawberry (n.) Sweet fleshy red fruit.
Strawberry (n.) Any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry.
Strawberry (n.) A soft red birthmark [syn: strawberry, strawberry mark, hemangioma simplex].
Strawberry, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 1028
Housing Units (2000): 1165
Land area (2000): 10.177473 sq. miles (26.359534 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.177473 sq. miles (26.359534 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70040
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 34.405690 N, 111.503933 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85544
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Strawberry, AZ
Strawberry
Strawberry, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 283
Housing Units (2000): 127
Land area (2000): 2.248062 sq. miles (5.822454 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.248062 sq. miles (5.822454 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67250
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.964401 N, 91.315678 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Strawberry, AR
Strawberry
Strawberry, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 5302
Housing Units (2000): 2513
Land area (2000): 1.358894 sq. miles (3.519518 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015248 sq. miles (0.039493 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.374142 sq. miles (3.559011 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75315
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.894576 N, 122.508355 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Strawberry, CA
Strawberry
Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
Strawboard (n.) A coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp.
Straw-colored (a.) Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
Straw-colored (a.) Having the color of dry straw [syn: straw-colored, straw-coloured].
Straw-cutter (n.) An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.
Strawweight (n.) 最輕量級（英語：Minimumweight），或稱為草量級（strawweight）、迷你蠅量級（mini flyweight），是搏擊運動的重量級別之一。 Mini flyweight, also known as strawweight or minimumweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Strawweight (n.) The strawweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 106 and 115 lb (48 to 52 kg). It sits between the lighter atomweight division and the heavier flyweight division.
Strawworm (n.) A caddice worm.
Strawworm (n.) Larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris [syn: caddisworm, strawworm].
Strawworm (n.) Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains [syn: strawworm, jointworm].
Strawy (a.) Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. -- Shak.
Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of Stray.
Straying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stray.
Stray (v. i.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
Thames among the wanton valleys strays. -- Denham.
Stray (v. i.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
Now, until the break of day,
Through
this house each fairy stray. -- Shak.
A sheep doth very often stray. -- Shak.
Stray (v. i.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
We have erred and strayed from thy ways. -- ??? of Com. Prayer.
While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. -- Cowper.
Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander.
Stray (v. t.) To cause to stray. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Stray (a.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
Stray line (Naut.), That portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned.
Stray mark (Naut.), The mark indicating the end of the stray line.
Stray (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.
Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. -- Dryden.
Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] -- Shak.
Stray (a.) Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated, stray].
Stray (a.) (Of an animal) Having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog."
Stray (n.) An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal).
Stray (v.) Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond].
Stray (v.) Wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift].
Stray (v.) Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander].
Strayer (n.) One who strays; a wanderer.
Strayer (n.) Someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer].
Stre (n.) Straw. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Streak (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Streak (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
What mean those colored streaks in heaven? -- Milton.
Streak (n.) (Shipbuilding) A strake.
Streak (n.) (Min.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
Streak (n.) The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
Streaked (imp. & p. p.) of Streak.
Streaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Streak.
Streak (v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. -- Sandys.
Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. -- Prior.
Streak (v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
Streak (n.) An unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run].
Streak (n.) A distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness."
Streak (n.) A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar].
Streak (n.) A sudden flash (as of lightning).
Streak (v.) Move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky."
Streak (v.) Run naked in a public place.
Streak (v.) Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch].
Streaked (a.) Marked or variegated with stripes.
Streaked (a.) Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [Local, U.S.]
Streaked (a.) Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces" [syn: streaked, streaky].
Streaky (a.) Same as Streaked, 1. "The streaky west." -- Cowper.
Streaky (a.) Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations; "streaked hair"; "fat legs and dirty streaky faces" [syn: streaked, streaky].
Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
Stream (n.) A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams." -- Chaucer.
Stream (n.) Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. "The stream of beneficence." --Atterbury. "The stream of emigration." -- Macaulay.
Stream (n.) A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. "The very stream of his life." -- Shak.
Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners.
Gulf stream. See under Gulf.
Stream anchor, Stream cable. (Naut.) See under Anchor, and Cable.
Stream ice, Blocks of ice floating in a mass together in some definite direction.
Stream tin, Particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; -- so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.
Stream works (Cornish Mining), A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked. -- Ure.
To float with the stream, Figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.
Syn: Current; flow; rush; tide; course.
Usage: Stream, Current. These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.
Streamed (imp. & p. p.) of Stream.
Streaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stream.
Stream (v. i.) 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.
Stream (v. i.) To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
A thousand suns will stream on thee. -- Tennyson.
Stream (v. i.) To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind.
Stream (v. t.) 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.
Stream (v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
The herald's mantle is streamed with gold. -- Bacon.
Stream (v. t.) To unfurl. -- Shak.
To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.
Stream (n.) A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth [syn: stream, watercourse].
Stream (n.) Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" [syn: stream, flow, current].
Stream (n.) The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression [syn: flow, stream].
Stream (n.) Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" [syn: stream, flow].
Stream (n.) A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" [syn: current, stream].
Stream (v.) To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind."
Stream (v.) Exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood."
Stream (v.) Move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate].
Stream (v.) Rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets].
Stream (v.) Flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" [syn: stream, well out].
Stream, () An abstraction referring to any flow of data from a source (or sender, producer) to a single sink (or receiver, consumer). A stream usually flows through a channel of some kind, as opposed to packets which may be addressed and routed independently, possibly to multiple recipients.
Streams usually require some mechanism for establishing a channel or a "{connection" between the sender and receiver.
Stream, () In the C language's buffered input/ ouput library functions, a stream is associated with a file or device which has been opened using fopen. Characters may be read from (written to) a stream without knowing their actual source (destination) and buffering is provided transparently by the library routines.
Stream, () Confusingly, Sun have called their device driver mechanism "{STREAMS"> modular device driver mechanism "{STREAMS".
Stream, () In IBM's AIX operating system, a stream is a full-duplex processing and data transfer path between a driver in kernel space and a process in user space.
[IBM AIX 3.2 Communication Programming Concepts, SC23-2206-03].
Stream, () Streaming.
Stream, () Lazy list.
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STREAM, () ["STREAM: A Scheme Language for Formally Describing Digital Circuits", C.D. Kloos in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987].
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STREAM. () A current of water. The right to a water course is not a right in the fluid itself so much as a right in the current of the stream. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1612. See River; Water Course.
Streamer (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.
Brave Rupert from afar appears, Whose waving streamers the glad general knows. -- Dryden.
Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. -- Macaulay.
While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot. -- Lowell.
Streamer (n.) (Mining) A searcher for stream tin.
Streamer (n.) (Journalism) a banner.
Streamer (n.) Light that streams; "streamers of flames."
Streamer (n.) A newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: streamer, banner].
Streamer (n.) A long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft].
Streamer (n.) Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising [syn: banner, streamer].
Streamful (a.) Abounding in streams, or in water. "The streamful tide." -- Drayton.
Streaminess (n.) The state of being streamy; a trailing. -- R. A. Proctor.
Streaming (a.) Sending forth streams.
Streaming (n.) The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams.
Streaming (n.) (Mining) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
Streaming (n.) (Biol.) the rapid flow of cytoplasm within a cell; -- called also protoplasmic streaming.
Streaming (a.) Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes."
Streaming (a.) (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."
Streaming (n.) The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell [syn: cyclosis, streaming].
Streaming, () Playing sound or video in real time as it is downloaded over the Internet as opposed to storing it in a local file first. A plug-in to a web browser such as Netscape Navigator decompresses and plays the data as it is transferred to your computer over the web.
Streaming audio or video avoids the delay entailed in downloading an entire file and then playing it with a helper application. Streaming requires a fast connection and a computer powerful enough to execute the decompression algorithm in real time.
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Streamless (a.) Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.
Streamlet (n.) A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.
Streamlet (n.) A small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet].
Streamy (a.) Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful.
Arcadia However streamy now, adust and dry, Denied the goddess water. -- Prior.
Streamy (a.) Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.
His nodding helm emits a streamy ray. -- Pope.
Stree (n.) Straw. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Streel (v. i.) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
Streen (n.) See Strene. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Street (a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.
He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. -- Coverdale.
At home or through the high street passing. -- Milton.
Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare.
His deserted mansion in Duke Street. -- Macaulay.
Street (a.) The roadway of a street[1], as distinguished from the sidewalk; as, children playing in the street.
Street (a.) The inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole street knew about their impending divorce.
The street (Broker's Cant), That thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds.
On the street, (a) Homeless.
On the street, (b) Unemployed.
On the street, (a) Not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer is still on the street.
Street Arab, Street broker, etc. See under Arab, Broker, etc.
Street door, A door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street.
Street person, A homeless person; a vagrant.
Syn: See Way.
Street (n.) A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street."
Street (n.) The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street."
Street (n.) The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street."
Street (n.) A situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street."
Street (n.) People living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights."
Street, () The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city." In Oriental towns streets are usually narrow and irregular and filthy (Ps. 18:42; Isa. 10:6). "It is remarkable," says Porter, "that all the important cities of Palestine and Syria Samaria, Caesarea, Gerasa, Bozrah, Damascus, Palmyra, had their 'straight streets' running through the centre of the city, and lined with stately rows of columns. The most perfect now remaining are those of Palmyra and Gerasa, where long ranges of the columns still stand.", Through Samaria, etc.
STREET. () A road in a village or city. In common parlance the word street is equivalent to highway. 4 Serg. & Rawle, 108.
STREET. () A permission to the public for the space of eight, or even of six years, to use a street without bar or impediment, is evidence from which a dedication to the public maybe inferred. 11 East, R. 376; See 2 N. Hamp. 513; 4 B. & A. 447; 3 East, R. 294; 1 Law Intell. 134; 2 Smith's Lead. Cas. 94, n.; 2 Pick. R. 162; 2 Verm. R. 480; 5 Taunt. R. 125; S. C. 1 E. C. L. R. 34; 4 Camp. R. 169; 1 Camp. R. 260: 7 B. & C. 257; S. C. 14 E. C. L. R. 39; 5 B & Ald. 454; S. C. 7 E. C. L. R. 159; 1 Blackf. 44; 2 Wend. 472; 8 Wend. 85; 11 Wend. 486; 6 Pet. 431; 1 Paige, 510; and the article Dedication.
Streetwalker (n.) A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
Streetwalker (n.) A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern].
Streetward (n.) An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.] -- Cowell.
Streetward (a.) Facing toward the street.
Their little streetward sitting room. -- Tennyson.
Streight (a., n., & adv.) See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]
Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten. [Obs.]
Strein (v. t.) To strain. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Streit (a.) Drawn. [Obs.]
Pyrrhus with his streite sword. -- Chaucer.
Streit (a.) Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.
Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]
Strelitz (n. sing. & pl.) A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself.
Strelitzia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
Strelitzia (n.) Small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae [syn: Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia].