flow

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. run, glide, trickle, stream, sweep along; circulate; issue. See motion, water, fluidity.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. current, movement, progress, stream, tide, run, river, flood, ebb, gush, spurt, surge, spout, leakage, dribble, oozing, flux, outpouring, overflow, emanation, issue, discharge, effusion, outflow, drift, course, draft, downdraft, up-current, draw, wind, breeze, indraft, slipstream, race.

v.

1. [To move in one direction]

Syn. stream, course, slide, slip, glide, move, progress, proceed, run, pass, float, sweep, rush, whirl, surge, roll, tumble, march, continue, swell, ebb.

2. [To issue forth]

Syn. pour out, spurt, squirt, flood, jet, spout, rush, gush, emerge, spring, well out, drop, drip, seep, emanate, trickle, overflow, spill, run, sputter, spew, stream, brim, cascade, teem, swell, gurgle, surge, leak, exudate, run out, ooze, regurgitate, splash, distill, dribble, percolate, exude, pour forth, bubble.

3. [To keep up a circular motion]

Syn. swirl, eddy, ripple, circle, circulate, percolate, whirl, purl, slosh.

See Synonym Study at arise .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

current, course, gush, stream, drift, river, outpouring, spill, issuance, discharge, emanation, flux, trickle, progression, ebb, tide.

II

v.

course, gush, stream, drift, issue, discharge, emanate, spout, trickle, progress, surge, run, roll, spew, ooze, ebb, proceed, cascade, well, spill.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move freely as a liquid: circulate, course, run, stream. See MOVE. 2. To pass or pour out: discharge, empty, issue. See ENTER. 3. To come forth or emit in abundance: gush, pour, run, rush, stream, surge, well1. See MOVE. 4. To proceed with ease, especially of expression: glide, roll, sail. See MOVE. 5. To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring. See START. 6. To be abundantly filled or richly supplied: abound, bristle, crawl, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem. See BIG, RICH. II noun Something suggestive of running water: current, drift, flood, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See MOVE.