Current Air Swam Shore Strong Birds Warm Noun

• he swam to the shore against a strong current.
• birds use warm air currents to help their flight.
• a 15 amp electrical current
• ministers are worried by this current of anti-government feeling.

current

1. the movement of water in the sea or a river; the movement of air in a particular direction
• He swam to the shore against a strong current.
• Birds use warm air currents to help their flight.
2. the flow of electricity through a wire, etc.
• see also AC
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ac
• a 15 amp electrical current
3. the fact of particular ideas, opinions or feelings being present in a group of people
• Ministers are worried by this current of anti-government feeling.

Extra Examples

• Birds of prey use warm air currents to lift them high in the sky.
• Check all your wiring before switching on the current.
• He was swimming against the current.
• It’s easier to go with the current.
• Measure the current flowing in the wire.
• She was swept away by the treacherous currents.
• The boat was carried along in the current.
• The prevailing current flows from east to west.
• Changes in ocean currents can have drastic effects on marine life.
• He leaped as though a powerful electric current had passed through him.
• He swam to the shore against a strong current.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘running, flowing’): from Old French corant ‘running’, from courre ‘run’, from Latin currere ‘run’.