#flowing__flow the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
supertype: #change_of_location__travel a movement through space that changes the location of something
subtype: #fountain.flowing__jet an artificially produced flow of water
subtype: #ebb the outward flow of the tide
subtype: #flood.flowing the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
subtype: #backflow__backflowing a flow that returns toward its source
subtype: #regurgitation backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
subtype: #airflow the flow of air
subtype: #current__stream a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
subtype: #tidal_flow__tidalflow__tidal_current__tidalcurrent the water current caused by the tides
subtype: #tidal_bore__tidalbore__bore__eagre__aegir__eager a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
subtype: #riptide__rip_current__ripcurrent a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
subtype: #undertide__undercurrent a current below the surface of a fluid
subtype: #sea_puss__undertow__sea-puss__sea_purse__seapurse__sea-purse__seapurse__sea-poose__seapoose the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
subtype: #violent_stream__violentstream__torrent a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
subtype: #eddy__twist a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
subtype: #whirlpool__vortex__maelstrom a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
subtype: #Charybdis (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
subtype: #ocean_current__oceancurrent the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
subtype: #El_Nino (oceanography) a weak warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
subtype: #El_Nino_southern_oscillation a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
subtype: #equatorial_current any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
subtype: #North_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
subtype: #South_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
subtype: #Gulf_stream a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: #Japan_current__Kuroshio_current__Kuroshio a warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific
subtype: #Peruvian_current__Humboldt_current a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific cost of South America before turning west
subtype: #freshet__spate the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
subtype: #overspill__overflow__runoff the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
subtype: #outpouring__discharge__run the pouring forth of a fluid
subtype: #squirt__jet__spirt the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
subtype: #spray.squirt a jet of vapor
subtype: #spritz a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
subtype: #leakage__leak__outflow the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
subtype: #fluxion__flux a flow or discharge
subtype: #seepage__oozing the process of seeping
subtype: #exudation the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
subtype: #drip__trickle flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
subtype: #intravenous_drip__intravenousdrip slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)
subtype: #emission.flowing the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
subtype: #gush__flush__outpouring 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"
subtype: #springtide.gush a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"
subtype: #spate__rush__surge__upsurge a sudden forceful flow
subtype: #onrush a forceful forward rush; "it was forgotten in the onrush of events"
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