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FLOW

Definition:

1. [noun] the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
2. [noun] the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
   Synonyms: rate, rate of
   
   
3. [noun] the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
   Synonyms: stream
   
   
4. [noun] any uninterrupted stream or discharge
   
   
5. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: stream
   
   
6. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: stream, current
   
   
7. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period
   
   
8. [verb] move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
   Synonyms: flux
   
   
9. [verb] move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   Synonyms: run, feed, course
   
   
10. [verb] cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
    
    
11. [verb] be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
    
    
12. [verb] fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
    Synonyms: hang, fall
    
    
13. [verb] cover or swamp with water
    
    
14. [verb] undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
    Synonyms: menstruate
    
    

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Related Words:

• ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
• transpire, transpirate
• flush
• jet, gush
• tide, surge
• circulate
• eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
• waste, run off
• run down
• pour
• spill, run out
• stream, well out
• trickle, dribble, filter
• drain, run out
• seep, ooze
• gutter
• lave, lap, wash
• fountain, jet
• ebb, reflux
• flood
• backflow, backflowing
• airflow, air flow, flow of air
• current, stream
• freshet, spate
• overflow, runoff, overspill
• dripping, drippage
• discharge, outpouring, run
• flux, fluxion
• seepage, ooze, oozing
• drip, trickle, dribble
• emission
• flush, gush, outpouring
• rush, spate, surge, upsurge
• cardiac output
• spill, spillage, release
• flood, overflow, outpouring
• slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
• turbulent flow
• streamline flow
• filling
• flowage
• inflow, influx
• outflow, effluence, efflux
• menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea
• oligomenorrhea

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