Dictionary entry details
• FLOW (noun)
Meaning:
The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
flow; flowing
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow"):
rush; spate; surge; upsurge (a sudden forceful flow)
flush; gush; outpouring (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
emission (the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe))
dribble; drip; trickle (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)
ooze; oozing; seepage (the process of seeping)
flux; fluxion (a flow or discharge)
discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)
drippage; dripping (a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house))
overflow; overspill; runoff (the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity)
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 (usually from natural causes))
freshet; spate (the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow)
Meaning:
The amount of fluid that flows in a given time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
rate of flow; flow rate; flow
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow"):
cardiac output (the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time)
Meaning:
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flow; stream
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow"):
release; spill; spillage (the act of allowing a fluid to escape)
flood; outpouring; overflow (a large flow)
Meaning:
Any uninterrupted stream or discharge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow"):
effluence; efflux; outflow (the process of flowing out)
inflow; influx (the process of flowing in)
flowage (gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat))
filling (flow into something (as a container))
streamline flow (flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady)
turbulent flow (flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically)
airstream; backwash; race; slipstream; wash (the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller)
Meaning:
Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
flow; stream
Context examples:
a stream of people emptied from the terminal / the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
motion (a state of change)
Meaning:
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
stream; current; flow
Context examples:
two streams of development run through American history / stream of consciousness / the flow of thought / the current of history
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
course; line (a connected series of events or actions or developments)
Meaning:
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
catamenia; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period; flow
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("flow" is a kind of...):
discharge; emission; expelling (any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flow"):
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)
• FLOW (verb)
Meaning:
Move or progress freely as if in a stream
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
flux; flow
Context example:
The crowd flowed out of the stadium
Hypernyms (to "flow" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flow"):
transpirate; transpire (pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas)
cockle; riffle; ripple; ruffle; undulate (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Move along, of liquids
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
course; flow; run; feed
Context examples:
Water flowed into the cave / the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
Hypernyms (to "flow" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flow"):
ooze; seep (pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings)
drain; run out (flow off gradually)
dribble; filter; trickle (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream)
stream; well out (flow freely and abundantly)
run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)
pour (flow in a spurt)
run down (move downward)
run off; waste (run off as waste)
eddy; purl; swirl; whirl; whirlpool (flow in a circular current, of liquids)
circulate (move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point)
surge; tide (rise or move forward)
gush; jet (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth)
flush (flow freely)
gutter (flow in small streams)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
Water and oil flow into the bowl
Also:
flow from (be the result of)
Meaning:
Cause to flow
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The artist flowed the washes on the paper
Cause:
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be abundantly present
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The champagne flowed at the wedding
Hypernyms (to "flow" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Fall or flow in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
flow; hang; fall
Context examples:
This dress hangs well / Her long black hair flowed down her back
Sentence frame:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Meaning:
Cover or swamp with water
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flow" is one way to...):
flood (cover with liquid, usually water)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flow"):
lap; lave; wash (wash or flow against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Undergo menstruation
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
menstruate; flow
Context example:
She started menstruating at the age of 11
Hypernyms (to "flow" is one way to...):
bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)
"Flow" entails doing...:
ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
