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Flow

noun

1.

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). Synonym: flowing.

2.

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. Synonyms: flow rate, rate of flow.

3.

The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. Synonym: stream.

4.

Any uninterrupted stream or discharge.

5.

Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. Synonym: stream. "The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

6.

Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. Synonyms: current, stream. "Stream of consciousness" , "The flow of thought" , "The current of history"

7.

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. Synonyms: catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period. "A woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" , "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"

verb

1.

Move or progress freely as if in a stream. Synonym: flux.

2.

Move along, of liquids. Synonyms: course, feed, run. "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

3.

Cause to flow.

4.

Be abundantly present.

5.

Fall or flow in a certain way. Synonyms: fall, hang. "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

6.

Cover or swamp with water.

7.

Undergo menstruation. Synonym: menstruate.

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