| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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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 |