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Current

Running or moving rapidly.

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Actual 84% connected

Involving or comprising action; active.

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Actual 84% connected

Involving or comprising action; active.

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Afoot 84% connected

On foot.

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Afoot 84% connected

On foot.

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Circulating 84% connected

of Circulate

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Circulating 84% connected

of Circulate

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Contemporary 84% connected

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

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Contemporary 84% connected

Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

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Incumbent 84% connected

Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Incumbent 84% connected

Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Live 84% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Occurrent 84% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Occurrent 84% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Ongoing 84% connected

The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

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Ongoing 84% connected

The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.

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Topical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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Topical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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Broader term 4

Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Eddy 76% connected

A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

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Juice 76% connected

The characteristic fluid of any vegetable or animal substance; the sap or part which can be expressed from fruit, etc.; the fluid part which separate…

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Maelstrom 76% connected

A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

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Torrent 76% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Undercurrent 76% connected

A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.

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Undertide 76% connected

Alt. of Undertime

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Vortex 76% connected

A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to…

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Whirlpool 76% connected

An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center,…

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Derivationally related 4

Currency 74% connected

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

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Currency 74% connected

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

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Currentness 74% connected

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

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Currentness 74% connected

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

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Attribute 4

Currency 66% connected

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

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Currency 66% connected

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

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Currentness 66% connected

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

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Currentness 66% connected

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

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See also 4

Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Synonym 2

Flow 92% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Stream 92% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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