current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
cesspool cesspit sink sump | a covered cistern, waste water and sewage flow into it |
heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
kitchen sink | a sink in a kitchen |
sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current stream | 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 |
stream flow current | 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 |
sinkhole sink swallow hole | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
alternating current AC alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current DC direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current Kuroshio current Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
red currant garden current Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
liquid assets current assets quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
checking account chequing account current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
sink | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system, the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide |
current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
slump fall off sink | fall heavily or suddenly, decline markedly, The real estate market fell off |
click d get through dawn d come home d get across sink in penetrate fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions, It dawned on him that she had betrayed him, she was penetrated with sorrow |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
bury sink | embed deeply, She sank her fingers into the soft sand, He buried his head in her lap |
sink subside | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place, He sank into bed, She subsided into the chair |
sink pass lapse | pass into a specified state or condition, He sank into nirvana |
sink drop drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level, He sank to his knees |
sink | cause to sink, The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
sink settle go down go under | go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned |
dip sink | appear to move downward, The sun dipped below the horizon, The setting sun sank below the tree line |
current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |