flow

Nouns

• (n) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) flowing,
• (n) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time flow rate, rate of flow,
• (n) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression stream,
• (n) any uninterrupted stream or discharge
• (n) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
  • a stream of people emptied from the terminal
  • the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
  stream,
• (n) 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
  stream, current,
• (n) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
  • the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
  • "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates
  • "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
  catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period,

Verbs

• (v) move or progress freely as if in a stream
  • The crowd flowed out of the stadium
  flux,
• (v) move along, of liquids
  • Water flowed into the cave
  • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
  course, run, feed,
• (v) cause to flow
  • The artist flowed the washes on the paper
• (v) be abundantly present
  • The champagne flowed at the wedding
• (v) fall or flow in a certain way
  • This dress hangs well
  • Her long black hair flowed down her back
  hang, fall,
• (v) cover or swamp with water
• (v) undergo menstruation
  • She started menstruating at the age of 11
  menstruate,

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See also

Words of close approximity