Meaning of flow
Definition of flow
(noun)
the
motion
characteristic
of fluids (liquids or gases)
the
amount
of
fluid
that flows in a
given
time
the act of
flowing
or streaming;
continuous
progression
any
uninterrupted
stream
or
discharge
something that resembles a
flowing
stream
in
moving
continuously; "a
stream
of
people
emptied from the terminal"; "the
museum
had
planned
carefully
for the
flow
of visitors"
dominant
course
(suggestive of
running
water) of
successive
events or ideas; "two streams of
development
run
through
American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the
flow
of thought"; "the
current
of history"
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
(verb)
move
or
progress
freely
as if in a stream; "The
crowd
flowed out of the stadium"
move
along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
cause
to flow; "The
artist
flowed the washes on the paper"
be
abundantly
present; "The
champagne
flowed at the wedding"
fall
or
flow
in a
certain
way; "This
dress
hangs well"; "Her
long
black
hair
flowed
down
her back"
cover
or
swamp
with
water
undergo
menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
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