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Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water body
a conduit through which water flows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waterway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: way
Narrower terms: canal, flume, headrace, tailrace
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stream
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
Narrower terms: branch, brook, creek, headstream, river, rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet, tidal river, tidewater river, tidal stream, tidewater stream
natural or artificial channel through which water flows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: channel
From Middle English water course; equivalent to water + course.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
течение
(tečenie)
— channel through which water flows
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Chinese Mandarin:
水道
(shuǐdào)
— channel through which water flows
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Chinese Mandarin:
河道
(hédào)
— channel through which water flows
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Chinese Mandarin:
水路
(shuǐlù)
— channel through which water flows
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Danish:
løb
— channel through which water flows
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Dutch:
waterloop
— channel through which water flows
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Dutch:
loop
— channel through which water flows
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Finnish:
uoma
— channel through which water flows
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French:
cours d'eau
— channel through which water flows
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French:
cours
— channel through which water flows
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Galician:
canle
— channel through which water flows
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Georgian:
წყალსადინარი
(c̣q̇alsadinari)
— channel through which water flows
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Georgian:
წყალსადენი არხი
(c̣q̇alsadeni arxi)
— channel through which water flows
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German:
Wasserlauf
— channel through which water flows
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German:
Flußlauf
— channel through which water flows
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German:
Lauf
— channel through which water flows
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Hungarian:
folyómeder
— channel through which water flows
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Hungarian:
folyás
— channel through which water flows
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Hungarian:
vízfolyás
— channel through which water flows
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Hungarian:
folyóvíz
— channel through which water flows
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Italian:
corso d'acqua
— channel through which water flows
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Italian:
corso
— channel through which water flows
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Japanese:
水路
(suiro)
— channel through which water flows
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Korean:
수로
(suro)
— channel through which water flows
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Luxembourgish:
Waasserlaf
— channel through which water flows
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Macedonian:
тек
(tek)
— channel through which water flows
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Macedonian:
во́дотек
(vódotek)
— channel through which water flows
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Macedonian:
те́чење
(téčenje)
— channel through which water flows
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Malayalam:
ചാൽ
(cāl)
— channel through which water flows
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Manx:
stroo
— channel through which water flows
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Māori:
koawa
— channel through which water flows
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Middle English:
cours
— channel through which water flows
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vannløp
— channel through which water flows
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Norwegian Bokmål:
løp
— channel through which water flows
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Polish:
koryto
— channel through which water flows
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Polish:
bieg
— channel through which water flows
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Portuguese:
igarapé
— channel through which water flows
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Portuguese:
curso de água
— channel through which water flows
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Portuguese:
curso d'água
— channel through which water flows
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Portuguese:
curso
— channel through which water flows
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Russian:
ру́сло
(rúslo)
— channel through which water flows
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Spanish:
curso
— channel through which water flows
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Spanish:
corriente de agua
— channel through which water flows
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Swedish:
vattendrag
— channel through which water flows
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Thai:
คลอง
(klɔɔng)
— channel through which water flows
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Turkish:
mecra
— channel through which water flows
