flow
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) (Freq. 18)
• Syn:
flowing
• Derivationally related forms:
flow (for: flowing)
• Hypernyms:
change of location, travel
• Hyponyms:
fountain, jet, ebb, reflux, 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, rush, surge, upsurge
2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
flow rate, rate of flow
• Hypernyms:
rate
• Hyponyms:
cardiac output
3. the act of flowing or streaming;
continuous progression (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
stream
• Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream)
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move
• Hyponyms:
spill, spillage, release, flood, overflow, outpouring
4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
natural process, natural action, action, activity
• Hyponyms:
slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash,
turbulent flow, streamline flow, filling, flowage, inflow, influx,
outflow, effluence, efflux
5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (Freq. 1)
- a stream of people emptied from the terminal
- the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
• Syn:
stream
• Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream)
• Hypernyms:
motion
6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (Freq. 1)
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
• Syn:
stream, current
• Hypernyms:
course, line
7. 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
• Syn:
menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period
• Derivationally related forms:
catamenial (for: catamenia), menstruate (for: menstruation)
• Hypernyms:
discharge, emission, expelling
• Hyponyms:
menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea, oligomenorrhea
1. move or progress freely as if in a stream (Freq. 13)
- The crowd flowed out of the stadium
• Syn:
flux
• Derivationally related forms:
fluxion (for: flux)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate,
transpire, transpirate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. move along, of liquids (Freq. 10)
- Water flowed into the cave
- the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
• Syn:
run, feed, course
• See Also:
flow from, run over (for: run)
• Derivationally related forms:
course (for: course), flowing, run (for: run)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
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,
seep, ooze, gutter
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Water and oil flow into the bowl
3. cause to flow (Freq. 1)
- The artist flowed the washes on the paper
• Cause:
run, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. be abundantly present
- The champagne flowed at the wedding
• Hypernyms:
exist, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
5. fall or flow in a certain way
- This dress hangs well
- Her long black hair flowed down her back
• Syn:
hang, fall
• Derivationally related forms:
hang (for: hang)
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
6. cover or swamp with water
• Derivationally related forms:
flowage
• Hypernyms:
flood
• Hyponyms:
lave, lap, wash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. undergo menstruation
- She started menstruating at the age of 11
• Syn:
menstruate
• Derivationally related forms:
menstruation (for: menstruate)
• Hypernyms:
shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
• Entailment:
ovulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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