What does the word current mean?

Usage examples for current

  1. There was an under current of different feeling however, in Rotha's mind; and the two girls as they went up stairs were as great a contrast to each other as could be imagined. – A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
  2. Her mind, that is to say, like her body, must be trained and dressed according to the current fashion plates. – Equality by Edward Bellamy
  3. The swift current swept the raft on down the stream. – The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester