flow

1. is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
   subtypes:

   • 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
2. is a type of: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
   subtypes: cardiac output - the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time
   same as: flow rate, rate of flow
3. is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
   subtypes:

   • release, spill, spillage - the act of allowing a fluid to escape
   • flood, outpouring, overflow - a large flow
   same as: stream
4. 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
5. is a type of: motion - a state of change
   same as: stream
6. is a type of: course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments
   same as: current, stream
7. is a type of: discharge, emission, expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period

1. is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
   subtypes:

   • cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate - stir up (water) so as to form ripples
   • transpirate, transpire - pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
   same as: flux
2. is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: course, feed, run
3. causes: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
4. is a type of: be, exist - have an existence, be extant
5. same as: fall, hang
6. is a type of: flood - cover with liquid, usually water
   subtypes: lap, lave, wash - wash or flow against
7. entail: ovulate - produce and discharge eggs
   is a type of: bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood - lose blood from one's body
   same as: menstruate

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