FLOW as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of flowing or streaming
   • continuous progression
   Synonym(s)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • spill (what does spill mean?)
   • spillage (what does spillage mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   • overflow (what does overflow mean?)
   • outpouring (what does outpouring mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • well out (what does well out mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
   Synonym(s)
   • flowing (what does flowing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change of location (what does change of location mean?)
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fountain (what does fountain mean?)
   • jet (what does jet mean?)
   • ebb (what does ebb mean?)
   • reflux (what does reflux mean?)
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   • backflow (what does backflow mean?)
   • backflowing (what does backflowing mean?)
   • airflow (what does airflow mean?)
   • air flow (what does air flow mean?)
   • flow of air (what does flow of air mean?)
   • current (what does current mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • freshet (what does freshet mean?)
   • spate (what does spate mean?)
   • overflow (what does overflow mean?)
   • runoff (what does runoff mean?)
   • overspill (what does overspill mean?)
   • dripping (what does dripping mean?)
   • drippage (what does drippage mean?)
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   • outpouring (what does outpouring mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
   • fluxion (what does fluxion mean?)
   • seepage (what does seepage mean?)
   • ooze (what does ooze mean?)
   • oozing (what does oozing mean?)
   • drip (what does drip mean?)
   • trickle (what does trickle mean?)
   • dribble (what does dribble mean?)
   • emission (what does emission mean?)
   • flush (what does flush mean?)
   • gush (what does gush mean?)
   • outpouring (what does outpouring mean?)
   • rush (what does rush mean?)
   • spate (what does spate mean?)
   • surge (what does surge mean?)
   • upsurge (what does upsurge mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
3. Meaning
   • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
   Synonym(s)
   • current (what does current mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • two streams of development run through American history
   • stream of consciousness
   • the flow of thought
   • the current of history
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
4. Meaning
   • any uninterrupted stream or discharge
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • slipstream (what does slipstream mean?)
   • airstream (what does airstream mean?)
   • race (what does race mean?)
   • backwash (what does backwash mean?)
   • wash (what does wash mean?)
   • turbulent flow (what does turbulent flow mean?)
   • streamline flow (what does streamline flow mean?)
   • filling (what does filling mean?)
   • flowage (what does flowage mean?)
   • inflow (what does inflow mean?)
   • influx (what does influx mean?)
   • outflow (what does outflow mean?)
   • effluence (what does effluence mean?)
   • efflux (what does efflux mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
   Synonym(s)
   • catamenia (what does catamenia mean?)
   • menses (what does menses mean?)
   • menstruation (what does menstruation mean?)
   • menstruum (what does menstruum mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   • emission (what does emission mean?)
   • expelling (what does expelling mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • menorrhagia (what does menorrhagia mean?)
   • hypermenorrhea (what does hypermenorrhea mean?)
   • oligomenorrhea (what does oligomenorrhea mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • menstruate (what does menstruate mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • menstruate (what does menstruate mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
6. Meaning
   • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
   Synonym(s)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a stream of people emptied from the terminal
   • the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
   • pour (what does pour mean?)
   • swarm (what does swarm mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • teem (what does teem mean?)
   • pullulate (what does pullulate mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
7. Meaning
   • the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
   Synonym(s)
   • flow rate (what does flow rate mean?)
   • rate of flow (what does rate of flow mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rate (what does rate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • cardiac output (what does cardiac output mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)

FLOW as VERB

1. Meaning
   • undergo menstruation
   Synonym(s)
   • menstruate (what does menstruate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She started menstruating at the age of 11
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shed blood (what does shed blood mean?)
   • bleed (what does bleed mean?)
   • hemorrhage (what does hemorrhage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • menstruation (what does menstruation mean?)
   • menses (what does menses mean?)
   • menstruum (what does menstruum mean?)
   • catamenia (what does catamenia mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • menstruation (what does menstruation mean?)
   • menses (what does menses mean?)
   • menstruum (what does menstruum mean?)
   • catamenia (what does catamenia mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • ovulate (what does ovulate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • cover or swamp with water
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • lave (what does lave mean?)
   • lap (what does lap mean?)
   • wash (what does wash mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flowage (what does flowage mean?)
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   • flowage (what does flowage mean?)
3. Meaning
   • fall or flow in a certain way
   Synonym(s)
   • fall (what does fall mean?)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • This dress hangs well
   • Her long black hair flowed down her back
   Derived(s)
   • hang (what does hang mean?)
4. Meaning
   • move or progress freely as if in a stream
   Synonym(s)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The crowd flowed out of the stadium
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ripple (what does ripple mean?)
   • ruffle (what does ruffle mean?)
   • riffle (what does riffle mean?)
   • cockle (what does cockle mean?)
   • undulate (what does undulate mean?)
   • transpire (what does transpire mean?)
   • transpirate (what does transpirate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flux (what does flux mean?)
   • fluxion (what does fluxion mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
5. Meaning
   • move along, of liquids
   Synonym(s)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Water flowed into the cave
   • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • flush (what does flush mean?)
   • jet (what does jet mean?)
   • gush (what does gush mean?)
   • tide (what does tide mean?)
   • surge (what does surge mean?)
   • circulate (what does circulate mean?)
   • eddy (what does eddy mean?)
   • purl (what does purl mean?)
   • whirlpool (what does whirlpool mean?)
   • swirl (what does swirl mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • run off (what does run off mean?)
   • run down (what does run down mean?)
   • pour (what does pour mean?)
   • spill (what does spill mean?)
   • run out (what does run out mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • well out (what does well out mean?)
   • trickle (what does trickle mean?)
   • dribble (what does dribble mean?)
   • filter (what does filter mean?)
   • drain (what does drain mean?)
   • run out (what does run out mean?)
   • seep (what does seep mean?)
   • ooze (what does ooze mean?)
   • gutter (what does gutter mean?)
   See Also
   • be due (what does be due mean?)
   • flow from (what does flow from mean?)
   • overflow (what does overflow mean?)
   • overrun (what does overrun mean?)
   • well over (what does well over mean?)
   • run over (what does run over mean?)
   • brim over (what does brim over mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • trend (what does trend mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow rate (what does flow rate mean?)
   • rate of flow (what does rate of flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flowing (what does flowing mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flowing (what does flowing mean?)
   • rivulet (what does rivulet mean?)
   • rill (what does rill mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • runnel (what does runnel mean?)
   • streamlet (what does streamlet mean?)
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   • outpouring (what does outpouring mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
6. Meaning
   • cause to flow
   Usage Example(s)
   • The artist flowed the washes on the paper
   Cause(s)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow rate (what does flow rate mean?)
   • rate of flow (what does rate of flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flowing (what does flowing mean?)
7. Meaning
   • be abundantly present
   Usage Example(s)
   • The champagne flowed at the wedding
   Hypernyms(s) flow is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • exist (what does exist mean?)
   • be (what does be mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow rate (what does flow rate mean?)
   • rate of flow (what does rate of flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flowing (what does flowing mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • stream (what does stream mean?)