English > flowing: 2 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases). |
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| Synonym | flow |
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| Narrower | airflow, air flow, flow of air | The flow of air |
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| backflow, backflowing | A flow that returns toward its source |
| current, stream | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
| discharge, outpouring, run | The pouring forth of a fluid |
| drip, trickle, dribble | Flowing in drops |
| dripping, drippage | A liquid / liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) |
| ebb, reflux | The outward flow of the tide |
| emission | The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) |
| flush, gush, outpouring | A sudden rapid flow (as of water) |
| flux, fluxion | A flow or discharge |
| fountain, jet | An artificially produced flow of water |
| freshet, spate | The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow |
| overflow, runoff, overspill | The occurrence of surplus liquid / liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity |
| rush, spate, surge, upsurge | A sudden forceful flow |
| seepage, ooze, oozing | The process of seeping |
| Broader | change of location, travel | A movement through space that changes the location of something |
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| Spanish | flujo |
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| Catalan | flux |
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| Verbs | flow | move along, of liquids / liquids |
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