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puro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brook noun A small, natural stream of water.
  • creek noun A small stream, narrower than a river.
  • floss noun A thin thread used to clean between the teeth.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
  • trickle noun A thin, slow flow of liquid, or the small amount that flows this way.

Senses

puro is used for these senses in English:

  • brook A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  • creek (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
  • floss (UK) A small stream of water.
  • run (chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
  • stream A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  • streamlet A small stream.
  • trickle A very thin river.

brook — full definition

  1. noun A small, natural stream of water.
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with, especially something unwelcome (usually used in the negative).

creek — full definition

  1. noun A small stream, narrower than a river.
  2. noun A narrow inlet of water, often connecting to the sea.

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