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flow

/ flow /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Type of:
motion movement move
Kinds of:
spill spillage release flood overflow
Derived:
stream well out run feed course
verb Sense 2
cause to flow
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
Derived:
stream flow rate rate of flow flowing
Causes:
run feed course
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
move or progress freely as if in a stream
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
Type of:
move
Kinds of:
ripple ruffle riffle cockle undulate
Derived:
flux fluxion stream
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
cover or swamp with water
Type of:
flood
Kinds of:
lave lap wash
Derived:
flowage flood
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
be abundantly present
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"
Type of:
exist be
Derived:
flow rate rate of flow flowing stream
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 6
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
Type of:
rate
Kinds of:
cardiac output
Derived:
run feed course
noun Sense 7
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
Type of:
natural process natural action action
Kinds of:
slipstream airstream race backwash wash
noun Sense 8
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Type of:
change of location travel
Kinds of:
fountain jet ebb reflux flood
Derived:
run feed course
noun Sense 9
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"
Type of:
motion
Derived:
flux pour swarm stream teem
noun Sense 10
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"
Type of:
course line
verb Sense 11
move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave"
"the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Type of:
move
Kinds of:
flush jet gush tide surge
Derived:
course trend stream flow rate rate of flow
See also:
be due flow from overflow overrun well over
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 12
undergo menstruation
"She started menstruating at the age of 11"
Type of:
shed blood bleed hemorrhage
Derived:
menstruation menses menstruum catamenia period
Entails:
ovulate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 13
fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"
"Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Derived:
hang
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
noun Sense 14
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"
Type of:
discharge emission expelling
Kinds of:
menorrhagia hypermenorrhea oligomenorrhea
Derived:
menstruate
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
105
Times Searched
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motion movement move spill spillage release flood overflow ripple ruffle riffle cockle