FLOWAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowage mean? 

• FLOWAGE (noun)
  The noun FLOWAGE has 3 senses:

1. gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)

2. a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area

3. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

  Familiarity information: FLOWAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation

Hypernyms ("flowage" is a kind of...):

flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

many campsites were located near the flowage

Hypernyms ("flowage" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Derivation:

flow (cover or swamp with water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of flooding; filling to overflowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flood; flowage

Hypernyms ("flowage" is a kind of...):

filling (the act of filling something)

Derivation:

flow (cover or swamp with water)