verb move or progress freely as if in a stream.
— synonyms: flux
verb move along, of liquids.
— synonyms: run, feed, course
verb cause to flow.
verb be abundantly present.
verb fall or flow in a certain way.
— synonyms: hang, fall
verb cover or swamp with water.
verb undergo menstruation.
— synonyms: menstruate
noun the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases).
— synonyms: flowing
noun the amount of fluid that flows in a given time.
— synonyms: flow_rate, rate_of_flow
noun the act of flowing or streaming.
— synonyms: stream
noun any uninterrupted stream or discharge.
noun something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.
— synonyms: stream
noun dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.
— synonyms: stream, current
noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
— synonyms: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period
Examples
“The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.”
“The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.”
“Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.”