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Type Words
Synonyms stream
Type of motion


the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors.
Type Words
Synonyms fall, hang


Her long black hair flowed down her back.
Type Words
Synonyms catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period
Type of emission, expelling, discharge
Has types menorrhagia, oligomenorrhea, hypermenorrhea


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.
Type Words
Synonyms flux
Type of move
Has types transpirate, ripple, cockle, undulate, transpire, ruffle, riffle


The crowd flowed out of the stadium.
Type Words
Synonyms flow rate, rate of flow
Type of rate
Has types cardiac output
Type Words
Synonyms current, stream
Type of line, course


the flow of thought.
Type Words
Synonyms flowing
Type of travel, change of location
Has types oozing, air flow, airflow, backflow, backflowing, current, discharge, dribble, drip, drippage, dripping, ebb, emission, flow of air, flush, flux, fluxion, fountain, freshet, gush, jet, ooze, outpouring, overflow, overspill, reflux, run, runoff, rush, seepage, spate, stream, surge, trickle, upsurge
Type Words
Synonyms menstruate
Type of shed blood, hemorrhage, bleed
Type Words
Synonyms stream
Type of move, movement, motion
Has types flood, outpouring, overflow, spill, spillage, release
Type Words
Synonyms course, feed, run
Type of move
Has types run out, trickle, run off, tide, seep, waste, spill, stream, surge, swirl, run down, purl, pour, well out, ooze, jet, whirl, gutter, gush, flush, whirlpool, circulate, filter, drain, dribble, eddy
Derivation flowing


Water flowed into the cave.
Type Words
Type of natural process, natural action, activity, action
Has types wash, influx, turbulent flow, inflow, streamline flow, effluence, outflow, efflux, slipstream, backwash, flowage, airstream, race, filling
Type Words
Type of be, exist


The champagne flowed at the wedding.
Type Words


The artist flowed the washes on the paper.
Type Words
Type of flood
Has types lave, wash, lap
Derivation flowage

Examples of flow

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Food and wine will flow, creating the potential for spills and unsightly stains.
From the abcnews.go.com
A rotary drive sprinkler with flow control and shut off valve in nozzle housing.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The company says the well was shut in Wednesday morning and can't flow any more.
From the sacbee.com
Chrysler had a negative free cash flow of $819 million during the final quarter.
From the bloomberg.com
The rear fenders are fully enclosed, with chrome spears highlighting their flow.
From the kansas.com
Sales of the popular cars have also helped stanch the flow of red ink in Europe.
From the businessweek.com
Wall Street, however, is now demanding that the company show positive cash flow.
From the businessweek.com
Just a year ago, big lenders were making cash-flow loans as small as $5 million.
From the businessweek.com
I also felt like I was a fish out of water because I wasn't going with the flow.
From the gothamgal.com
More examples
  • The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
  • Move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
  • Run: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • The amount of fluid that flows in a given time
  • Cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
  • The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
  • Flow is a Foetus album released in 2001. It is also seen as a return to form for Foetus.
  • Flow (stylized as FLOW) is a Japanese rock band, a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. As of May 2010, the band has released nineteen singles and seven albums.
  • FLOW is a Belgian national healthcare network, meant for healthcare providers and patients. It is a acronym which stands for Facilities (services and related infrastructure), Legal implementation (the telex files), Organisations (locoregional teams) and Wisdom (coordination and supervision ...