current

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noun

1 continuous flowing movement of water

ADJECTIVE

▪ fast, fast-flowing, powerful, strong, swift

▪ cold, warm

▪ rip

▪ tidal

▪ dangerous, treacherous

▪ ocean, water

▪ prevailing

▪

The prevailing current flows from east to west.

▪ offshore

CURRENT + VERB

▪ flow

▪ carry sb/sth, sweep sb/sth

▪

The strong current carried the boat downstream.

▪

She was swept away by the treacherous currents.

PREPOSITION

▪ against a/the current

▪

He was swimming against the current.

▪ in a/the current

▪

The boat was carried along in the current.

▪ with a/the current

▪

It's easier to go with the current.

2 flow of air

ADJECTIVE

▪ warm

▪ air, wind

▪

Birds of prey use warm air currents to lift them high in the sky.

▪ convection

PHRASES

▪ a current of air

3 flow of electricity through a wire

ADJECTIVE

▪ high, strong

▪ low, weak

▪ electric, electrical

▪ alternating, direct

▪ input, inward

▪ output, outward

VERB + CURRENT

▪ generate, induce, produce

▪ carry, conduct, pass, transmit

▪ switch off, switch on

▪

Check all your wiring before switching on the current.

CURRENT + VERB

▪ flow, pass through sth

▪

Measure the current flowing in the wire.

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adj.

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