flow

noun

  1. 1

    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

  2. 2

    the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

  3. 3

    dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

    two streams of development run through American history

    stream of consciousness

  4. 4

    any uninterrupted stream or discharge

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

verb

  1. 1

    undergo menstruation

    She started menstruating at the age of 11

  2. 2

    cover or swamp with water

  3. 3

    fall or flow in a certain way

    This dress hangs well

    Her long black hair flowed down her back

  4. 4

    move or progress freely as if in a stream

    The crowd flowed out of the stadium

  5. 5

    move along, of liquids

    Water flowed into the cave

    the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Synonyms

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