flow
Noun
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is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingsubtypes:
- fountain, jet - an artificially produced flow of water
- ebb, reflux - the outward flow of the tide
- backflow, backflowing - a flow that returns toward its source
- air flow, airflow, flow of air - the flow of air
- current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- freshet, spate - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
- overflow, overspill, runoff - the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- drippage, dripping - a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- discharge, outpouring, run - the pouring forth of a fluid
- flux, fluxion - a flow or discharge
- ooze, oozing, seepage - the process of seeping
- dribble, drip, trickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- emission - the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
- flush, gush, outpouring - a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- rush, spate, surge, upsurge - a sudden forceful flow
same as: flowing -
is a type of: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unitsubtypes: cardiac output - the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of timesame as: flow rate, rate of flow
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subtypes:same as: stream
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is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)subtypes:
- airstream, backwash, race, slipstream, wash - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- turbulent flow - flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically
- streamline flow - flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady
- filling - flow into something (as a container)
- flowage - gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)
- inflow, influx - the process of flowing in
- effluence, efflux, outflow - the process of flowing out
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is a type of: motion - a state of changesame as: stream
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is a type of: discharge, emission, expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the bodysubtypes:
- hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
- oligomenorrhea - abnormally light or infrequent menstruation
Verb
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes:same as: flux
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes:
- flush - flow freely
- gush, jet - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- surge, tide - rise or move forward
- circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
- eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool - flow in a circular current, of liquids
- run off, waste - run off as waste
- run down - move downward
- pour - flow in a spurt
- run out, spill - flow, run or fall out and become lost
- stream, well out - flow freely and abundantly
- dribble, filter, trickle - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- drain, run out - flow off gradually
- ooze, seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- gutter - flow in small streams
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is a type of: flood - cover with liquid, usually water
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entail: ovulate - produce and discharge eggssame as: menstruate
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- Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
- Specific
- Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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