flows

NOUN

issue, abundance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

discharge flood leakage movement outflow progress stream tide wind

STRONG

breeze continuance continuation continuity course current deluge draft draw dribble drift ebb effusion electricity emanation flux gush juice oozing outpouring plenty plethora progression river run sequence series spate spout spurt succession train

Antonyms

STRONG

end few finish lack little need scarcity stop stoppage want

WEAK

trickle

VERB

issue, surge, run out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cascade circulate continue discharge ebb flood glide gush leak overflow percolate pour proceed rush slide spill splash stream sweep swell swirl trickle tumble

STRONG

abound arise brim course deluge dribble emanate emerge emit exudate exude gurgle inundate jet move ooze pass progress pullulate regurgitate result ripple roll sluice spew spring spurt sputter squirt teem void

WEAK

disembogue smooth along well forth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease halt stop

STRONG

conceal fail lack need take want

Example Sentences

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flows

His design costs roughly £74 and involves about ten components, from the printed pieces that the liquid flows through, to a membrane, gaskets, electrodes and current collectors.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

NatWest's Paul Thwaite says there could be a "powerful recipe for sustained growth" from the private capital that flows from "long-term certainty and genuine collaboration".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Still, the April blockade showed how abruptly those flows can collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

That basket of stocks, which the bank first put together in 2020, is rebalanced every quarter based on an analysis of retail trading flows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

“The Red River borders Texas and Oklahoma and churns down to Baton Rouge, where it joins the Mississippi and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. No way around it,” I sigh.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes