body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"

branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one

brook, creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

crossing, ford - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

headstream - a stream that forms the source of a river

meander - a curve in a stream

midstream - the middle of a stream

river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet, run - a small stream

tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream

course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides

rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

undertide, undercurrent - a current below the surface of a fluid

flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

violent stream, torrent - a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

eddy, twist - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex - a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)

ocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

spillage, spill, release - the act of allowing a fluid to escape

overflow, flood, outpouring - a large flow

motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"

crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"

spill out, spill over, pour out - be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"

sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"