flow

Meanings

• the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
• the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
• any uninterrupted stream or discharge
• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
  • "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
  • "the flow of thought"
• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle
  • "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"
• move or progress freely as if in a stream
  • "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
• move along, of liquids
  • "Water flowed into the cave"
• cause to flow
  • "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
• be abundantly present
  • "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
• fall or flow in a certain way
  • "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
• cover or swamp with water
• undergo menstruation

Synonyms

catamenia, course, current, fall, feed, flow rate, flowing, flux, hang, menses, menstruate, menstruation, menstruum, period, rate of flow, run, stream