instream

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verb

To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.

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Meanings

verbinstream (third-person singular simple present instreams, present participle instreaming, simple past and past participle instreamed)

present singular third person instreams · participle present instreaming · participle past instreamed · past instreamed

  1. intransitiveTo flow or stream in; flow or stream into.

    The amnesiads in my Soapsac were reduced, accordingly, and ascension catalysts instreamed.

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
nouninstream (plural instreams)

plural instreams

  1. The act or process of streaming or flowing in.
  2. That which flows in.

Origin

From in- + stream.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

instream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instream

MLA

“instream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instream. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instream,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instream.

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