flow

/flˈoʊ/

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Noun
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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any uninterrupted stream or discharge
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something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
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dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
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the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "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"
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move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
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cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
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be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
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fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
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cover or swamp with water
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undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
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