"flows" in the noun sense

1. flow, flowing

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. flow, flow rate, rate of flow

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

3. flow, stream

the act of flowing or streaming continuous progression

4. flow

any uninterrupted stream or discharge

5. stream, flow

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"

6. stream, flow, current

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"

7. menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow

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"

"flows" in the verb sense

1. flow, flux

move or progress freely as if in a stream

"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

2. run, flow, feed, course

move along, of liquids

"Water flowed into the cave"

"the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

3. flow

cause to flow

"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

4. flow

be abundantly present

"The champagne flowed at the wedding"

5. hang, fall, flow

fall or flow in a certain way

"This dress hangs well"

"Her long black hair flowed down her back"

6. flow

cover or swamp with water

7. menstruate, flow

undergo menstruation

"She started menstruating at the age of 11"

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