flow
noun
- 1
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- 2
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- 3
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
two streams of development run through American history
stream of consciousness
- 4
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- 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
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
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
verb
- 1
undergo menstruation
She started menstruating at the age of 11
- 2
cover or swamp with water
- 3
fall or flow in a certain way
This dress hangs well
Her long black hair flowed down her back
- 4
move or progress freely as if in a stream
The crowd flowed out of the stadium
- 5
move along, of liquids
Water flowed into the cave
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
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