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1. river, freshet, U.S. Dial. kill, brook, creek, Dial. crick; streamlet, rivulet, rill, run, runnel, runlet; channel, watercourse, waterway, artificial waterway, canal, sluice, wadi, arroyo; branch, tributary, feeder, affluent, confluent; estuary, inlet, reach, arm, fjord.

2. current, Geol. race, drift, course; flow, flux, tide, inflow, flood, outflow, ebb; undercurrent, undertow, underset, riptide.

3. flow, afflux, issuance, emanation, flux, outflow, outrush, outpour, outpouring, efflux, effluence; rush, onrush, surge, flood, torrent, gush; jet, bolt, spurt, squirt, spout, spring, fountain, geyser; cascade, cataract, waterfall, falls, rapids.

4. air current, wind current; electrical current.

5.(all of light) beam, ray, shaft, trail, pencil, streak, gleam, glimmer.

6. continuous flow, torrent, rush, outpour, outpouring, gush, effusion, flood, deluge; succession, battery, barrage, volley, outburst, burst.

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7. flow or flow from, flow out, issue, emanate, come from, well out or forth; run, roll, course, slide, glide, move, pass, proceed, drift, go along; fall, cascade, pour out or forth, spill, effuse, shed, let fall or drop; flood, overflow, brim over, well over, run over, spill over; rush, gush, surge, spurt, spout, jet, ejaculate, squirt, shoot out.

8.(ail of light) shine, gleam, beam; come in, flood in, pour in.

9. file, parade, walk, march, roll, move, proceed.

10. wave, stir, move to and fro, flutter, blow; float outward, extend, waft; flap, sway, swing, hang.