Meaning & Definition of Flow in English

1. The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. The amount of fluid that flows in a given time

3. The act of flowing or streaming

• Continuous progression

4. Any uninterrupted stream or discharge

5. 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"

6. 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"

7. 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

1. Move or progress freely as if in a stream

• "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

2. Move along, of liquids

• "Water flowed into the cave"

• "The missouri feeds into the mississippi"

3. Cause to flow

• "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

4. Be abundantly present

• "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

5. Fall or flow in a certain way

• "This dress hangs well"

• "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

6. Cover or swamp with water

7. Undergo menstruation

• "She started menstruating at the age of 11"