| sewerage | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. sewage, sewerage | waste matter carried away in sewers or drains. |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| ~ effluent, sewer water, wastewater | water mixed with waste matter. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cloaca, sewer, sewerage | a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water. |
| ~ drainpipe, waste pipe, drain | a pipe through which liquid is carried away. |
| ~ sewage system, sewage works, sewer system | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage. |
| flow | | |
| n. (event) | 1. flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ fountain, jet | an artificially produced flow of water. |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ ebb, reflux | the outward flow of the tide. |
| ~ backflow, backflowing | a flow that returns toward its source. |
| ~ air flow, airflow, flow of air | the flow of air.; "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her" |
| ~ current, stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes).; "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" |
| ~ freshet, spate | the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. |
| ~ runoff, overflow, overspill | the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. |
| ~ drippage, dripping | a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house). |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| ~ fluxion, flux | a flow or discharge. |
| ~ oozing, seepage, ooze | the process of seeping. |
| ~ dribble, drip, trickle | flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid.; "there's a drip through the roof" |
| ~ emission | the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe). |
| ~ gush, outpouring, flush | a sudden rapid flow (as of water).; "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" |
| ~ surge, upsurge, rush, spate | a sudden forceful flow. |
| n. (time) | 2. flow, flow rate, rate of flow | the amount of fluid that flows in a given time. |
| ~ cardiac output | the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time.; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute" |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (act) | 3. flow, stream | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ spillage, spill, release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape. |
| ~ overflow, flood, outpouring | a large flow. |
| n. (process) | 4. flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge. |
| ~ backwash, slipstream, airstream, race, wash | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. |
| ~ turbulent flow | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically. |
| ~ streamline flow | flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady. |
| ~ filling | flow into something (as a container). |
| ~ flowage | gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat).; "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" |
| ~ inflow, influx | the process of flowing in. |
| ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| ~ effluence, efflux, outflow | the process of flowing out. |
| n. (state) | 5. flow, stream | 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" |
| ~ motion | a state of change.; "they were in a state of steady motion" |
| n. (group) | 6. current, flow, stream | 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" |
| ~ course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments.; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| n. (process) | 7. catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period | 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"; "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" |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged. |
| ~ oligomenorrhea | abnormally light or infrequent menstruation. |
| v. (motion) | 8. flow, flux | move or progress freely as if in a stream.; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate, riffle | stir up (water) so as to form ripples. |
| ~ transpirate, transpire | pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. |
| v. (motion) | 9. course, feed, flow, run | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ flush | flow freely.; "The garbage flushed down the river" |
| ~ jet, gush | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth.; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ tide, surge | rise or move forward.; "surging waves" |
| ~ circulate | move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" |
| ~ eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | flow in a circular current, of liquids. |
| ~ waste, run off | run off as waste.; "The water wastes back into the ocean" |
| ~ run down | move downward.; "The water ran down" |
| ~ pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| ~ spill, run out | flow, run or fall out and become lost.; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
| ~ well out, stream | flow freely and abundantly.; "Tears streamed down her face" |
| ~ dribble, trickle, filter | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" |
| ~ drain, run out | flow off gradually.; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
| ~ ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
| ~ gutter | flow in small streams.; "Tears guttered down her face" |
| v. (motion) | 10. flow | cause to flow.; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (stative) | 11. flow | be abundantly present.; "The champagne flowed at the wedding" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (contact) | 12. fall, flow, hang | fall or flow in a certain way.; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
| v. (change) | 13. flow | cover or swamp with water. |
| ~ flood | cover with liquid, usually water.; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" |
| ~ lave, lap, wash | wash or flow against.; "the waves laved the shore" |
| v. (body) | 14. flow, menstruate | undergo menstruation.; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" |
| ~ ovulate | produce and discharge eggs.; "women ovulate about once every month" |
| ~ bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood | lose blood from one's body. |
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