current
/ˈkʌɹɪnt/ adjective B1- Existing or occurring at the moment. · current events· current leaders
- Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency. · current affairs· current bills and coins
- Electric; of or relating to electricity. · current bill· current shock
Comparative currenter · Superlative currentest
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They got along quite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swift current swept the raft downstream, farther and farther away from the road of yellow brick.
It was hard work, although he was so big; but by and by they were drawn out of the current, and then Dorothy took the Tin Woodman’s long pole and helped push the raft to the land.
A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move.
It went way up above the clouds, so far that a current of air struck it and carried it many, many miles away.
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