Definition of flow

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • flow is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • flow is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • flow is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of flow


  • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously (noun)

    Examples

    1. the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors

    Synonyms

    1. stream
  • fall or flow in a certain way (verb)

    Examples

    1. Her long black hair flowed down her back

    Synonyms

    1. fall
    2. hang
  • the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause (noun)

    Examples

    1. 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

    Synonyms

    1. catamenia
    2. menses
    3. menstruation
    4. menstruum
    5. period
  • move or progress freely as if in a stream (verb)

    Examples

    1. The crowd flowed out of the stadium

    Synonyms

    1. flux
  • the amount of fluid that flows in a given time (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flow rate
    2. rate of flow
  • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (noun)

    Examples

    1. the flow of thought

    Synonyms

    1. current
    2. stream
  • the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flowing
  • undergo menstruation (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. menstruate
  • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. stream
  • move along, of liquids (verb)

    Examples

    1. Water flowed into the cave

    Synonyms

    1. course
    2. feed
    3. run
  • any uninterrupted stream or discharge (noun)
  • be abundantly present (verb)

    Examples

    1. The champagne flowed at the wedding
  • cause to flow (verb)

    Examples

    1. The artist flowed the washes on the paper
  • cover or swamp with water (verb)

See definition of flow in Merriam Webster