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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat);
- Example: "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation"

2. a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area;
- Example: "many campsites were located near the flowage"

3. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing;
[syn: flood, flowage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flowage \Flow"age\ (?; 48), n. An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flowage n 1: gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat); "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" 2: a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; "many campsites were located near the flowage" 3: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [syn: flood, flowage]