1. • noun - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
   • noun - the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
   • noun - the act of flowing or streaming
   • noun - any uninterrupted stream or discharge
   • noun - something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
   • noun - dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
   • noun - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
   • verb - move or progress freely as if in a stream
   • verb - move along, of liquids
   • verb - cause to flow
   • verb - be abundantly present
   • verb - fall or flow in a certain way
   • verb - cover or swamp with water
   • verb - undergo menstruation
2. • To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
   • To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.
   • To circulate, as the blood in the body.
   • To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.
   • To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.
   • To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity: The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.
   • To hang loosely and gracefully: The cape flowed from his shoulders.
   • To rise.
   • To arise; derive: Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
   • To abound or teem: coffers flowing with treasure.
   • To stream copiously; flood: Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.
   • To menstruate.
   • To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking.
   • To release as a flow: trees flowing thin sap.
   • To cause to flow: “One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves” (Marc Klee).
   • The act of flowing.
   • The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.
   • A stream or current.
   • A flood or an overflow.
   • A residual mass that has stopped flowing: a hardened lava flow.
   • A continuous output or outpouring: a flow of ideas; produced a steady flow of articles and stories.
   • A continuous movement or circulation: the flow of traffic; a flow of paperwork across his desk.
   • The amount that flows in a given period of time.
   • The rising of the tide.
   • Continuity and smoothness of appearance.
   • A general movement or tendency: As the lone dissenter in the group, she was going against the flow of opinion.
   • The sequence in which operations are performed.
   • An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance: “An athlete must learn to forget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion” (Frederick Turner).
   • The central meaning shared by these nouns is “something suggestive of running water”: a flow of thought; the current of history; a flood of ideas; a flux of words; a rush of sympathy; a stream of complaints; a tide of immigration.
3. • v - to move steadily and smoothly along

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