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Results for: "flow"

Translating from English to German

Translations:

flow — to move as a fluid
→ fließen
→ rinnen
→ strömen
flow — the movement of a fluid
→ Fluss m
→ Ablauf
flow — the rising movement of the tide
→ Flut f

More translations:

flow
→ Fluss
flow
→ Strom
flow
→ Flut
flow
→ Überschwemmung
flow
→ fließen
flow
→ strömen
flow
→ herabhängen
flow
→ wallen
flow
→ ausfließen
flow
→ Corso
flow
→ Drift
flow
→ Durchfluß
flow
→ Durchfluss
flow
→ flüssig sein
flow
→ Lauf
flow
→ münden
flow
→ quellen
flow
→ rinnen
flow
→ Strömung
flow
→ Wasserflut
flow
→ Wasserlauf
flow
→ Wasserstrom
flow
→ zufließen

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (7)

1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases);
[syn: flow, flowing]

2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time;
[syn: flow, flow rate, rate of flow]

3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression;
[syn: flow, stream]

4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge;

5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
- Example: "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"
- Example: "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
[syn: stream, flow]

6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
- Example: "two streams of development run through American history"
- Example: "stream of consciousness"
- Example: "the flow of thought"
- Example: "the current of history"
[syn: stream, flow, current]

7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
- Example: "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
- Example: "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates
- Example: "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
[syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]


VERB (7)

1. move or progress freely as if in a stream;
- Example: "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
[syn: flow, flux]

2. move along, of liquids;
- Example: "Water flowed into the cave"
- Example: "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
[syn: run, flow, feed, course]

3. cause to flow;
- Example: "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

4. be abundantly present;
- Example: "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

5. fall or flow in a certain way;
- Example: "This dress hangs well"
- Example: "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
[syn: hang, fall, flow]

6. cover or swamp with water;

7. undergo menstruation;
- Example: "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
[syn: menstruate, flow]