"flow" | Definition and Related Words

flow

Noun

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) (synset 107420493)
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
The amount of fluid that flows in a given time (synset 115302716)
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
The act of flowing or streaming;
Continuous progression (synset 100330053)
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
Any uninterrupted stream or discharge (synset 113503533)
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
Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (synset 114029377)
"a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

is a type of: motion - a state of change

same as: stream
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (synset 108478606)
"two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

is a type of: course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments

same as: current, stream
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause (synset 113534950)
"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "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"

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

Verb

Move or progress freely as if in a stream (synset 202070438)
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

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
Move along, of liquids (synset 202070867)
"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

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
Cause to flow (synset 202071617)
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

causes: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
Be abundantly present (synset 202749602)
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"

is a type of: be, exist - have an existence, be extant
Fall or flow in a certain way (synset 201545450)
"This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

same as: fall, hang
Cover or swamp with water (synset 200217853)
is a type of: flood - cover with liquid, usually water

subtypes: lap, lave, wash - wash or flow against
Undergo menstruation (synset 200061974)
"She started menstruating at the age of 11"

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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