Meaning of "agos"

agos •

n.
• • current

adj.
• • maagos (ma-) having swift currents inagos (-in)

v.
• • to be carried away by the current. Inagos ang mga damit sa ilog. The clothes were carried away by the current in the river. umagos (um-)

v.
• • to flow. Umagos ang tubig. The water flowed.

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flow

n.
• • 1. current: agos, pag-agos
  • 2. flowing as form a faucet: tulo, pagtulo

v.
• • 1. to run like water: umagos
  • 2. to pour out: dumanak
  • 3. to overflow: umapaw

adrift

adj/adv.
• • floating without being guided, drifting: natatangay (nadadala) ng agos o alon

rapid

adj.
• • very quick, swift: matulin, mabilis

n.
• • rapids, a part of a river where water rushes very swiftly: parte ng ilog na matulin ang agos

stream

n.
• • 1. flow of liquid, running water: agos, daloy
  • 2. a large brook, a small river: sapa
  • 3. any steady flow: agos, daloy adv. 1. up stream, against the current of the water: kontra sa agos, pasalungat sa agos, salungat sa agos
  • 2. down stream, with the current: kasama ng agos, paayon sa agos, sunod sa agos

v.
• • 1. to flow: umagos, dumaloy, tumulo
  • 2. to pour out: dumanak
  • 3. to be so wet as to drip in a stream: tumulo
  • 4. to float or wave: wumagayway

tide

n.
• • 1. the rise and fall of the ocean about every twelve hours: paglaki at pagliit ng tubig
  • 2. low tide: kati
  • 3. high tide: laki ng tubig
  • 4. anything that falls and rises like the tide: takbo, kilos
  • 5. a season, time: panahon (also expressed by "ka-han" affix combination plus the season itself)
  • 6. a current, stream: agos