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/kˈərənt/ /kərnt/ /kˈɑrənt/ Listen

adjective

Current adj.

1.

Running or moving rapidly. (Archaic) "Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord." "To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns."

2.

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

3.

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history. "That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt." "Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current." "His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him."

4.

Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

5.

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable. "O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed."

Account current. See under Account.

Current money, lawful money.

noun

Current n.

1.

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity. "Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in." "The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction... the navigator should know."

2.

General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Current meter, an instrument for measuring the velocity, force, etc., of currents.

Current mill, a mill driven by a current wheel.

Current wheel, a wheel dipping into the water and driven by the current of a stream or by the ebb and flow of the tide.

Synonyms: Stream; course. See Stream.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron

... on this led the way. Arthur kept close to him. I followed with True in my arms, for I had taken him up for fear of his being carried away by the current. Ellen's bearer same next. John walked close behind her, to render her assistance should it be required. With one hand I grasped the long sipo, with the other I kept tight hold of True. The rest had the advantage of being able to steady themselves with their poles. ...

— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston

... that so important a personage as the Gray Man should be the central figure of many legends, and indeed over him the story-makers seem to have had vigorous competition, for thirty or forty narratives are current in the neighborhood concerning him and the principal events of his life. So great a collection of legendary lore on one topic rendered the choice of a single tradition which should fairly cover the ...

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