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NOUN | 1 | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) |
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2 | flow, flow rate, rate of flow | The amount of fluid that flows in a given time | |
3 | flow, stream | The act of flowing or streaming | |
4 | flow | Any uninterrupted stream or discharge | |
5 | flow, stream | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | |
6 | flow, stream, current | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | |
7 | flow, menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period | The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | |
VERB | 1 | flow, flux | Move or progress freely as if in a stream |
2 | flow, run, feed, course | Move along, of liquids | |
3 | flow | Cause to flow | |
4 | flow | Be abundantly present | |
5 | flow, hang, fall | Fall or flow in a certain way | |
6 | flow | Cover or swamp with water | |
7 | flow, menstruate | Undergo menstruation |
Sounds | flow' |
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Rhymes | afterglow, aglow, airflow, and 72 more rhymes in low at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
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Synonyms | flowing |
Narrower | 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 |
Broader | change of location, travel |
Verbs | flow; flow; flow |
Meaning | The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. |
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Synonyms | flow rate, rate of flow |
Narrower | cardiac output |
Broader | rate |
Verbs | flow; flow; flow |
Meaning | The act of flowing or streaming. Continuous progression. |
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Synonyms | stream |
Narrower | spill, spillage, release; flood, overflow, outpouring |
Broader | motion, movement, move |
Verbs | flow; flow; flow; flow |
Meaning | Any uninterrupted stream or discharge. |
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Narrower | slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash; turbulent flow; streamline flow; filling; flowage; inflow, influx; outflow, effluence, efflux |
Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity |
Verbs | flow; flow |
Meaning | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. |
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Examples | "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" |
Synonyms | stream |
Broader | motion |
Verbs | flow |
Meaning | Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. |
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Examples | "the flow of thought" |
Synonyms | stream, current |
Broader | course, line |
Meaning | The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. |
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Examples | "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle |
Synonyms | menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period |
Narrower | menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea; oligomenorrhea |
Broader | discharge, emission, expelling |
Verbs | flow |
Meaning | Move or progress freely as if in a stream. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
Synonyms | flux |
Narrower | ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate; transpire, transpirate |
Broader | move |
Nouns | flow; flow |
Meaning | Move along, of liquids. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Model | Water and oil flow into the bowl |
Examples | "Water flowed into the cave" |
Synonyms | run, feed, course |
Caused by | flush; flow; pour |
Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over |
Narrower | 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 |
Broader | move |
See also | flow from |
Nouns | flow, flowing; flow; flow |
Meaning | Cause to flow. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" |
Cause to | run, flow, feed, course |
Nouns | flow; flow; flow; flow |
Meaning | Be abundantly present. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The champagne flowed at the wedding" |
Broader | exist, be |
Nouns | flow; flow; flow; flow |
Meaning | Fall or flow in a certain way. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
Examples | "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
Synonyms | hang, fall |
Meaning | Cover or swamp with water. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Narrower | lave, lap, wash |
Broader | flood |
Nouns | flowage; flowage |
Meaning | Undergo menstruation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | menstruate |
Entails | ovulate |
Broader | shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage |
Nouns | flow |