trickle

  • 11trickle — trick|le1 [ trıkl ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly: A solitary tear trickled down his cheek. We let the sand trickle between our toes. 2. ) if people or… …

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  • 12trickle — I UK [ˈtrɪk(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms trickle : present tense I/you/we/they trickle he/she/it trickles present participle trickling past tense trickled past participle trickled 1) if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles… …

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  • 13trickle — [[t]trɪ̱k(ə)l[/t]] trickles, trickling, trickled 1) V ERG When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in very small amounts. [V prep/adv] A tear trickled down the old man s cheek... [V n] Trickle water gently over the back of… …

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  • 14Trickle — Infobox Album Name = Trickle Type = Album Artist = Olive Released = May 30, 2000 Recorded = The Tree House, Derbyshire; Britannia Row, London; Area 21, London; The Square Centre, Nottingham Genre = Trip hop Length = 59:05 Label = Maverick… …

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  • 15trickle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ small, thin ▪ constant, steady ▪ a constant trickle of water ▪ slow ▪ …

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  • 16trickle — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) 1 if liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream (+ down/into/out): The tears trickled down her cheeks. 2 if people, vehicles, goods etc trickle somewhere, they move there slowly …

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  • 17trickle — tricklingly, adv. /trik euhl/, v., trickled, trickling, n. v.i. 1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. 2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the… …

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  • 18trickle — 1. noun a) A very thin river. The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle. b) A very thin flow; the act of trickling. The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night …

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  • 19trickle — verb 1》 (of a liquid) flow in a small stream. 2》 come or go slowly or gradually: the congregation began to trickle in. 3》 (trickle down) (of wealth) gradually benefit the poorest as a result of the increasing wealth of the richest. noun 1》 a… …

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  • 20trickle — [ˈtrɪk(ə)l] verb [I] 1) if a liquid trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly A tear trickled down his cheek.[/ex] 2) if people or things trickle into or out of a place, a few of them arrive or leave trickle noun [C] …

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