I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a steady stream/flow/trickle
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All day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
a trickle of blood
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A trickle of blood was coming from his nose.
a trickle of sweat (= sweat that is flowing somewhere )
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A trickle of sweat ran down my neck.
blood trickles (= moves slowly )
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The blood was beginning to trickle down his leg.
sweat trickles somewhere (= flows slowly )
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I could feel the sweat trickling down my back.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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The buttresses of all grades are black and the gullies are trickling away into the valley streams.
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Low employment and under-investment has led to a gradual trickling away of the young and able.
■ NOUN
blood
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He had a cut on his forehead and blood was trickling down his face.
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His hands were clapped to his face, and almost at once blood began trickling through his fingers.
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He ran home, blood trickling down his left cheek.
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Even from where Beth stood, she could see the blood trickling down Cissie's arm.
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Purple blotched wounds ooze blood which trickles down over his body.
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His nephew was on the floor, blood trickling from his temple.
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When Kalchu pulled it up again there was blood trickling from its nostril.
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The back of her head was matted with blood , which had trickled into a congealed pool behind her.
cheek
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Tears trickled down the cheeks of some stout veterans.
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Tears welled behind her eyelids and trickled down her cheeks .
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He ran home, blood trickling down his left cheek .
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Then she hurried from the room before they could rise and trickle down her cheeks .
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A solitary tear trickled down her cheek and was quickly brushed aside.
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Tears were trickling down her cheek and falling on to the stale, dark bread, but she seemed not to notice.
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A tear trickled miserably down her cheek and she wiped it away with her fist.
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Large, silent tears filled her eyes and trickled slowly down her cheeks .
sweat
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I sat on an upturned box, feeling the sweat beginning to trickle down my back.
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As they leaned against a red brick wall, a portly prison system official swabbed at the sweat trickling into his collar.
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My heart beat violently, almost painfully, and sweat trickled down my face.
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John could feel a chill sweat starting to trickle down his back.
tear
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A solitary tear trickled down her cheek and was quickly brushed aside.
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Turned my face to the wall and felt hot tears trickle down my face.
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Indignant tears trickled down her face.
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A large tear trickled down her nose, but she fielded it neatly before Susan saw.
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A tear trickled miserably down her cheek and she wiped it away with her fist.
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We stand holding each other, and she shivers like a butterfly and her tears trickle down my skin.
water
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As soon as we went outside we knew we'd have water trickling down our necks for the rest of the day.
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Undo the coupling slightly so water can trickle into the container, and open the air vent to increase the flow rate.
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I put my hand in the water trickling down the rock and put it on to Zoe.
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Cyprio point out that water should always trickle down through foam not up, as otherwise it will float up.
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I lay there listening as the water trickled off the gutter.
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Then she drank a glass of water and felt it trickle slowly down inside her as if she were a pipe.
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Aware of being outmanoeuvred she pauses, then gives in, clambering out, water trickling down, darkening the boards.
■ VERB
begin
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He began to sweat, a weird cold extrusion of moisture that began to trickle down his face.
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His hands were clapped to his face, and almost at once blood began trickling through his fingers.
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When the details began to trickle out it was reluctantly conceded that perhaps two Boeing 707 shipments might have been made.
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This leads to all sorts of bizarre behavior once the costs of misguided actions have begun to trickle down among the ranks.
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Immediate bombing attacks were expected, and when these did not take place the evacuees began to trickle back.
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Players will begin trickling into the marketplace by spring, with the biggest push at the Christmas season.
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Within a few months, the results of the new approach began to trickle in.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Blood trickled down the side of her face.
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The fire spread when burning gasoline trickled from the car toward other vehicles.
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Water trickled out of the pipe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gary Locke estimated losses totaling billions of dollars, as damage reports of highways, homes and businesses continued to trickle in.
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He trickled into the pit entry lane and stopped.
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He had a cut on his forehead and blood was trickling down his face.
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I had heard, though, that artists are slowly beginning to trickle into the King Eddie.
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I sat on an upturned box, feeling the sweat beginning to trickle down my back.
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Tears welled behind her eyelids and trickled down her cheeks.
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This leads to all sorts of bizarre behavior once the costs of misguided actions have begun to trickle down among the ranks.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
slow
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There they rested before continuing in a slow trickle of delicious sensation to the neck of her blouse.
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In theory the slower the trickle the better, so you would need a huge filter to treat a heavily-loaded tank.
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One year in ten, a slow poisonous trickle reaches the sea.
steady
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In the meantime the steady trickle of deaths from wounds and sickness continued.
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However, in recent years Conservative ministers have been irritated by a steady trickle of government defeats in the Upper House.
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Tackle tips: A steady trickle of bait running into a swim will attract and keep fish feeding in one place.
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A fountain of blood at first pours from his chest, but soon subsides to become a steady trickle .
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It was wet, with a steady trickle of water in its base.
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The steady trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth was dripping from his chin on to his coat front.
thin
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A thin trickle of blood from the rapidly swelling bruise blurred to pale pink, diluted by the pounding rain.
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The same holds true of what must be called the plot: a thin trickle of unconvincing incidents.
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A thin trickle of juice came out.
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It was raining, thin trickles of water sliding down the window, tainting the air with dampness.
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Down from one corner of her mouth Wilson was alarmed to see a thin trickle of dark red blood.
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A thin trickle of blood was darkening below his mouth where her ring had torn the skin.
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The pale, badly bruised face and thin trickle of blood from one ear, suggested a skull fracture too.
■ NOUN
filter
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If I build a trickle filter , holding approximately 10 gallons, will I be able to increase my stocking level?
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The filter system is powered by an Eheim power filter for mechanical filtration, surface turbulence and supplying the trickle filter.
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In addition to this, Jay has designed a trickle filter , powered by an Enheim 1250.
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This allowed the filter to slide down to the bottom submerging the trickle filter section.
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For the ultimate addition of oxygen, the wet and dry or trickle filter is king.
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Would it benefit from a trickle filter ?
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A trickle filter , while improving your water quality to some degree, may not be entirely necessary in your case.
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You may wish to add a trickle filter at a later date.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A trickle of juice ran down his chin.
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Ice on the roads reduced the morning rush hour traffic to a trickle .
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The raging torrent had been reduced to no more than a trickle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Barry was heading toward the gate, a trickle of water following him from the coiled tube on his shoulder.
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Fortunately there was only a trickle of water entering the opening.
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Her eyebrow had received the blow from the torch and had begun to throb; she could feel a trickle of blood.
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Only a trickle of cars was moving through Sandwich towards Royal St. George's.
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Productivity slowed to an erratic trickle .
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She'd obviously hit her head during the impact because there was a small trickle of blood on her forehead.
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These cling without roots and survive on atmospheric moisture, trickles of melt-water or trapped snow and rain.
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They kept a trickle dripping out of each faucet at night to prevent frozen pipes, but you never could tell.