| Main Entry: | aqueduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | canal |
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channel, conduit, course, duct, pipeline, water passage, waterworks |
| Main Entry: | canal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
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aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, choke point, conduit, course, cove, ditch, duct, estuary, firth, trench, water, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
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approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | conduit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage |
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aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead-in, lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, channel |
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aisle, aqueduct, boards, byway, canal, circuit, conduit, direction, duct, flow, groove, itinerary, lap, line, movement, orbit, passage, range, road, route, run, rut, scope, stream, tack, track, trail, trajectory, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | duct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel, pipe |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, funnel, passage, tube, vessel, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage, tube |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, conveyer, duct, hose, line, main, pipeline, sewer, spout, trough, vent, vessel |
| Main Entry: | watercourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
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aqueduct, brook, canal, channel, chute, conduit, creek, culvert, drain, estuary, flume, gullet, gully, gutter, inlet, ravine, river, sluice, spillway, stream, trench, wadi |
| Concept: | [Indefinite duration] Course. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE TIME |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
corridors of time, sweep of time, vesta of time, course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time; duration., [Indefinite time] aorist.
-verbs
elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on, press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course., expire; go by, pass by; be past.
-adjectives
elapsing; aoristic; progressive.
-adverbs
in due time, in due season; in in due course, in due process, in the fullness of time; in time.
-phrases
labitur et labetur [Horace]; truditur dies die [Horace]; fugaces labuntur anni [Horace]; "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
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| Concept: | [Channel for the passage of water] Conduit. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe (tube); funnel; tunnel (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.
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