flow
     n 1: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) [syn:
           {flowing}]
     2: the amount of fluid that flows in a given time [syn: {flow
        rate}, {rate of flow}]
     3: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
        [syn: {stream}]
     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" [syn: {stream}]
     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" [syn: {stream}, {current}]
     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 [syn: {menstruation},
         {menses}, {menstruum}, {catamenia}, {period}]
     v 1: move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed
          out of the stadium" [syn: {flux}]
     2: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
        Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {run}, {feed},
        {course}]
     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" [syn: {hang}, {fall}]
     6: cover or swamp with water
     7: undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age
        of 11" [syn: {menstruate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0