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| 1. | [ noun ] the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) | |
| Synonyms: | flowing | |
| Related terms: | change_of_location current flux rush overflow seepage airflow drippage freshet flood discharge backflow fountain drip flush emission ebb run | |
| 2. | [ verb ] move or progress freely as if in a stream | |
| Synonyms: | flux | |
| Examples: | "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
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| Related terms: | move ripple transpire sluice flux | |
| 3. | [ verb ] move along, of liquids | |
| Synonyms: | run feed course | |
| Examples: | "Water flowed into the cave" "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
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| Related terms: | move seep pour drain eddy flush run_down trickle tide spill circulate jet gutter spill waste stream be_due overflow course discharge | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the amount of fluid that flows in a given time | |
| Synonyms: | flow_rate rate_of_flow | |
| Related terms: | rate cardiac_output | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | |
| Synonyms: | stream | |
| Related terms: | motion flood spill run stream | |
| 6. | [ noun ] any uninterrupted stream or discharge | |
| Related terms: | natural_process filling inflow laminar_flow turbulent_flow flowage streamline_flow outflow slipstream | |
| 7. | [ noun ] dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
| Synonyms: | stream current | |
| Examples: | : "two streams of development run through American history" "stream of consciousness" "the flow of thought" "the current of history" |
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| Related terms: | course | |
| 8. | [ verb ] cause to flow | |
| Examples: | "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" |
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| Related terms: | run | |
| 9. | [ noun ] something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | |
| Synonyms: | stream | |
| Examples: | "a stream of people emptied from the terminal" "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" |
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| Related terms: | motion | |
| 10. | [ verb ] cover or swamp with water | |
| Related terms: | flood lap flowage | |
| 11. | [ verb ] fall or flow in a certain way | |
| Synonyms: | hang fall | |
| Examples: | "This dress hangs well" "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
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| Related terms: | hang | |
| 12. | [ verb ] undergo menstruation | |
| Synonyms: | menstruate | |
| Examples: | "She started menstruating at the age of 11" |
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| Related terms: | shed_blood ovulate | |
| 13. | [ verb ] be abundantly present | |
| Examples: | "The champagne flowed at the wedding" |
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| Related terms: | exist | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (biology,medicine) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | |
| Synonyms: | period menses catamenia menstruum menstruation | |
| Examples: | "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation" "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates |
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| Related terms: | discharge menorrhagia oligomenorrhea menstruate | |
| Similar spelling: |
Flo flaw fl flyway fly flu flyaway flue Floy floe flee flea flay |
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