| Current (a.) Running or moving rapidly. |
| Current (a.) Now passing, as time |
| Current (a.) Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand |
| Current (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged. |
| Current (a.) Fitted for general acceptance or circulation |
| Current (a.) A flowing or passing |
| Current (a.) General course |
| Rossel current () A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea. |
| current intelligence intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
| 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" |
| 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 |