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potok — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brook noun A small, natural stream of water.
  • flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  • pipe noun A rigid tube used to carry water, gas, or other fluids.
  • stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
  • torrent noun A violent, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

Senses

potok is used for these senses in English:

  • brook A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  • flood (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
  • pipe (computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input. [from 20th c.]
  • stream A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
  • torrent A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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).

flood — full definition

  1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

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