flow
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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Sense 2 verb
move or progress freely as if in a stream
The crowd flowed out of the stadium
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Sense 3 noun
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
Types & categories
- rate hypernym
- cardiac output hyponym
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Sense 4 verb
move along, of liquids
Water flowed into the cave
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Sense 5 noun
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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Sense 6 verb
cause to flow
The artist flowed the washes on the paper
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Sense 7 noun
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- backwash hyponym
- turbulent flow hyponym
- streamline flow hyponym
- filling hyponym
- flowage hyponym
- inflow hyponym
- effluence hyponym
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Sense 8 verb
be abundantly present
The champagne flowed at the wedding
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- exist hypernym
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Sense 9 noun
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
a stream of people emptied from the terminal
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- motion hypernym
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Sense 10 verb
fall or flow in a certain way
This dress hangs well
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- hang derivation
Sense 11 noun
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
two streams of development run through American history
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- course hypernym
Sense 12 verb
cover or swamp with water
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Sense 13 noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
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- expelling hypernym
- menorrhagia hyponym
- oligomenorrhea hyponym
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- menstruate derivation
- menstrual derivation
Sense 14 verb
undergo menstruation
She started menstruating at the age of 11
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- hemorrhage hypernym
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- menstruation derivation
- ovulate entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | course |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fountain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ebb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backflow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | airflow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | current |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | freshet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | runoff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dripping |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outpouring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluxion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seepage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dribble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | surge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluxion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruffle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transpire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | course |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardiac output |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | overflow |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | be due |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | outpouring |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow rate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flush |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | jet |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tide |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | circulate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | purl |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | run down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pour |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | well out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dribble |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ooze |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gutter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flux |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | course |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | well out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spillage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | overflow |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | course |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow rate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | backwash |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | turbulent flow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | streamline flow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | filling |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flowage |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflow |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | effluence |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow rate |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | exist |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | swarm |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | flux |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | stream |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | hang |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | flowage |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | flowage |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | flood |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | lave |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | menstruate |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | menstrual |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | expelling |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | menorrhagia |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | oligomenorrhea |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | menstruation |
| 14 | entails | Related & opposite | ovulate |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | hemorrhage |