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According to WordNet, the noun "flow" has 7 sense(s).

115277730 the amount of fluid that flows in a given time.

113482330 any uninterrupted stream or discharge.

113513747 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.

100329227 the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression.

107405893 the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases).

108461595 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".

114005892 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".


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