flow in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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 
   
2. 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 
   
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
   flow  stream 
   
4. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
   flow  flowing 
   
5. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
   flow 
   
6. 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 
   
7. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
   flow  flow rate  rate of flow 
   

1. move along, of liquids
   "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   run  flow  feed  course 
   
2. fall or flow in a certain way
   "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
   hang  fall  flow 
   
3. undergo menstruation
   "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
   menstruate  flow 
   
4. cover or swamp with water
   flow 
   
5. move or progress freely as if in a stream
   "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
   flow  flux 
   
6. cause to flow
   "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
   flow 
   
7. be abundantly present
   "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
   flow