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. "The boat was 5 miles off"

adv. "The party is still 2 weeks off"

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

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

adj. below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"

adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

adj. in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"

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"

v. be the result of

adj. not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

adj. not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"

adj. not under the control of a central computer; "off-line resources"

adj. (soured)

adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"