The noun current has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) current, electric current -- (a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes")
2. (8) current, stream -- (a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air")
3. (1) stream, flow, current -- (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history")
Overview of adj current
The adj current has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (18) current -- (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position")