trickle

v., -led, -ling, -les.

v.intr.

1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit: The audience trickled in.

v.tr.
To cause to trickle.

n.

1. The act or condition of trickling.
2. A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.

[Middle English triklen, perhaps variant of striklen, frequentative of striken, to flow. See strike.]

verb

To fall or let fall in drops of liquid: distill, dribble, drip, drop, weep. See rise/fall.

noun

The process or sound of dripping: dribble, drip. See rise/fall, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

v

Definition: run out
Antonyms: flow

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
  Synonyms: drip, dribble

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The verb trickle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream
  Synonyms: dribble, filter

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - pible, sive, dryppe
v. tr. - dryppe
n. - siven, dryppen

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    (økonomisk) teori om at store virksomheders fordele bliver alles fordele

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) druppelen, druipen, druppelsgewijs komen/gaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - dégouliner, s'écouler, s'infiltrer, rouler dans, tomber dans, suinter de, commencer à quitter (bâtiment)
v. tr. - faire couler (dans/sur)
n. - filet, écoulement, petite quantité, bribes (d'information)

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    théorie selon laquelle l'ensemble de la société devrait bénéficier des effets positifs de la richesse de quelques-uns

Deutsch (German)
v. - rinnen, tröpfeln
n. - Tröpfeln, Rinnsal

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    Theorie, daß Vorteile für Reiche nach unten durchsickern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αργοκυλώ, αργοσταλάζω, κυλώ/ρέω σταγονηδόν, στάζω
n. - λεπτή ροή, στάξιμο

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    θεωρία περί ευρύτερης ωφέλειας από τις φορολογικές ελαφρύνσεις των πλουσίων

Italiano (Italian)
stillare

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    economia degli incentivi (teoria)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - verter, escorrer, pingar
n. - lágrima (f), pingo (m), gota (f)

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    benefícios dados a grandes empresas visando toda a comunidade

Русский (Russian)
капать, течь

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    теория "просачивания выгоды сверху вниз"

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - gotear, chorrear, correr, moverse, ir o salir de uno en uno
v. tr. - dejar caer gota a gota en un hilillo
n. - goteo, chorrillo, hilillo

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    teoría de la filtración

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - droppa, drypa, sippra, trilla, rinna sakta
n. - droppande, dropp, droppe, rännil

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
滴流, 细细地流, 使滴, 使细流, 滴, 细流

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    滴入论, 垂滴说, 一种认为政府财政津贴可经过大企业再陆续流入小企业和消费者之手从而更好地促进经济增长的理论

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 滴流, 細細地流
v. tr. - 使滴, 使細流
n. - 滴, 細流

idioms:

• trickle-down theory    滴入論, 垂滴說, 一種認為政府財政津貼可經過大企業再陸續流入小企業和消費者之手從而更好地促進經濟增長的理論

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 졸졸 흐르다, 눈물을 흘리다, 드문드문 오다
v. tr. - 똑똑 떨어지게 하다, 가볍게 치다
n. - 물방울, 점적, 소량

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 滴る, ちょろちょろ流す, ぽつぽつ来る
n. - したたり, 細流, ぽつぽつ来ること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسيل أو يجري هزيلا, يقطر (الاسم) مجرى هزيل أو رقيق, ألوشل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮טיפטף, זב, זרם‬
v. tr. - ‮טיפטף, זב, זרם‬
n. - ‮טפטוף‬

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