the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

• flow
• flowing

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

• flow
• flow_rate
• rate_of_flow

the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• flow
• stream

any uninterrupted stream or discharge

• flow

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

• stream
• flow

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

• stream
• flow
• current

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

• menstruation
• menses
• menstruum
• catamenia
• period
• flow

move or progress freely as if in a stream

• The crowd flowed out of the stadium

• flow
• flux

move along, of liquids

• Water flowed into the cave
• the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

• run
• flow
• feed
• course

cause to flow

• The artist flowed the washes on the paper

• flow

be abundantly present

• The champagne flowed at the wedding

• flow

fall or flow in a certain way

• This dress hangs well
• Her long black hair flowed down her back

• hang
• fall
• flow

cover or swamp with water

• flow

undergo menstruation

• She started menstruating at the age of 11

• menstruate
• flow