n. any uninterrupted stream or discharge

n. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

n. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

n. 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"

n. 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"

n. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

n. 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

v. cover or swamp with water

v. cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

v. move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

v. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

adv. away from a place, as in "go forth"

adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"

adv. indicating continuing action, as in "He worked away"

adv. "clean off the dirt"; "She went off"

adv. "Brush the objections aside"

adv. "Put aside some money"

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

adj. away from home or business: "has been out all day"; "out to lunch"

adj. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"

adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

n. flow under pressure

n. the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

n. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

n. an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

n. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

n. uninterrupted connection or union

n. the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

n. an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

n. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

v. rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

v. move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

v. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"

v. move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

v. be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

v. be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries"

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

adv. "They had never travelled abroad"

adv. in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

v. be the result of

adj. very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

adj. most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"

adj. remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"

adj. happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school"

adj. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"

adj. outside regular school hours: "a special after-school class"

adj. (prefix) outside or outer: "ectoderm"

adj. (prefix) outside or beyond: "an extrauterine pregnancy"

adj. outside the regular duties of your job or profession

adj. outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"

adj. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"

adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

adj. used of your own ground; "a home game"

adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"