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Flow

noun

1.

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). Synonym: flowing.

2.

The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. Synonyms: flow rate, rate of flow.

3.

The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. Synonym: stream.

4.

Any uninterrupted stream or discharge.

5.

Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. Synonym: stream. "The museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

6.

Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. Synonyms: current, stream. "Stream of consciousness" , "The flow of thought" , "The current of history"

7.

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. Synonyms: catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period. "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"

verb

1.

Move or progress freely as if in a stream. Synonym: flux.

2.

Move along, of liquids. Synonyms: course, feed, run. "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

3.

Cause to flow.

4.

Be abundantly present.

5.

Fall or flow in a certain way. Synonyms: fall, hang. "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

6.

Cover or swamp with water.

7.

Undergo menstruation. Synonym: menstruate.

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... in 1840, the sixteenth book to flow from Marryat's pen. It is principally set on the banks of the River Thames, as it flows through London, in particular at Greenwich. Many of the landmarks described still exist, though their use may have changed in two centuries! Like "Jacob Faithful", which also takes place to a large extent, ...

— Poor Jack • Frederick Marryat

... miles away. This is done only when scouts bring word that cargo valuable enough to make it worth while is about to pass. Each time the brigands make a foray a return raid by Chinese soldiers can be expected. Occasionally these are real, "honest-to-goodness" fights, and blood may flow on both sides, but the battle sometimes ...

— Across Mongolian Plains - A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' • Roy Chapman Andrews

... the bottom of the pool, for when Davie brought him to the surface, he seemed quite insensible, and he struck out for the Ythan side of the pool. He did what he could for the boy, letting the water flow from his mouth and ears, and rubbing him ...

— David Fleming's Forgiveness • Margaret Murray Robertson

... a similar project was abandoned because the flow of water to the disused mill which it was proposed to convert into a creamery, passed through a conduit lined with cement originally purchased from a man who now occupied a farm from which another had been evicted. To some minds these little complications would have spelled failure. ...

— Ireland In The New Century • Horace Plunkett

... man left the ranks on pretense of caring for the wounded he should be shot on the spot; that the wounded must be left till the fight was over. His men cheered him, and we took up the cheer. Blood was beginning to flow through our veins again, and we could even comment to one another upon the sneaks who remained in camp, on pretense of being sick. As we moved toward the front the fugitives and the wounded increased in numbers. Poor wretches, horribly mutilated, ...

— "Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier - With Some Personal Reminiscences • Warren Olney

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