flow
verb
[ fləʊ ]
• (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.
• "from here the river flows north"
Similar:
run,
move,
go along,
course,
pass,
proceed,
glide,
slide,
drift,
circulate,
trickle,
dribble,
drizzle,
spill,
gurgle,
babble,
ripple,
stream,
swirl,
surge,
sweep,
gush,
cascade,
pour,
roll,
rush,
whirl,
well,
spurt,
spout,
squirt,
spew,
jet,
leak,
seep,
ooze,
percolate,
drip,
• go from one place to another in a steady stream, typically in large numbers.
• "people flowed into the huge courtyard"
• (of a solid) undergo a permanent change of shape under stress, without melting.
flow
noun
• the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream.
• "the flow of water into the pond"
• a steady, continuous stream or supply of something.
• "a constant flow of people"
Similar:
movement,
motion,
course,
passage,
current,
flux,
drift,
circulation,
stream,
swirl,
surge,
sweep,
gush,
roll,
rush,
welling,
spate,
tide,
spurt,
squirt,
jet,
outpouring,
outflow,
trickle,
leak,
seepage,
ooze,
percolation,
drip,
• a watery swamp; a morass.
• the gradual permanent deformation of a solid under stress, without melting.
Origin:
Old English flōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloeien, also to flood.
