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Quick definitions from WordNet (flow)
▸ noun: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
▸ noun: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
▸ noun: any uninterrupted stream or discharge
▸ noun: the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
▸ noun: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas ("The flow of thought")
▸ noun: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously ("The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors")
▸ noun: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause ("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")
▸ verb: move or progress freely as if in a stream ("The crowd flowed out of the stadium")
▸ verb: cause to flow ("The artist flowed the washes on the paper")
▸ verb: cover or swamp with water
▸ verb: be abundantly present ("The champagne flowed at the wedding")
▸ verb: move along, of liquids ("Water flowed into the cave")
▸ verb: undergo menstruation
▸ verb: fall or flow in a certain way ("Her long black hair flowed down her back")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #57267)
▸ Also see flows
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to flow
▸ Usage examples for flow
▸ Popular adjectives describing flow
▸ Words that often appear near flow
▸ Rhymes of flow
▸ Invented words related to flow
▸ noun: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
▸ noun: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
▸ noun: any uninterrupted stream or discharge
▸ noun: the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
▸ noun: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas ("The flow of thought")
▸ noun: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously ("The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors")
▸ noun: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause ("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")
▸ verb: move or progress freely as if in a stream ("The crowd flowed out of the stadium")
▸ verb: cause to flow ("The artist flowed the washes on the paper")
▸ verb: cover or swamp with water
▸ verb: be abundantly present ("The champagne flowed at the wedding")
▸ verb: move along, of liquids ("Water flowed into the cave")
▸ verb: undergo menstruation
▸ verb: fall or flow in a certain way ("Her long black hair flowed down her back")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #57267)
▸ Also see flows
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to flow
▸ Usage examples for flow
▸ Popular adjectives describing flow
▸ Words that often appear near flow
▸ Rhymes of flow
▸ Invented words related to flow