течь — meaning in English

English meaning

• course noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
• drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
• drip verb To fall in individual drops.
• flow noun The continuous, smooth movement of a liquid, gas, or stream of things.
• leak noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
• leakage noun The escape of liquid, gas, or electric current through an unwanted gap.
• run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
• stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.

Senses

течь is used for these senses in English:

• course To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
• drain (intransitive) To lose liquid.
• drip (intransitive) To leak slowly.
• flow (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
• leak A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
• leak The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
• leak (transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
• leakage An act of leaking, or something that leaks.

course — full definition

1. noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
2. noun The path or direction that something (like a ship, plane, river, or plan of action) follows.
3. noun One of the separate parts of a meal, served one after another.
4. verb To flow or move quickly, especially of liquid.

drain — full definition

1. noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
2. verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
3. verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
4. noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.

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