the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > out or escape (4)
intransitive. To run out; to flow out. Also figurative. Now poetic and rare.
intransitive. Of water, sand, etc.: to flow out of the container, part, etc., which contains it; to leak out.
transferred of water, wind, etc. To escape, run out or away. Obsolete.
intransitive for reflexive. Of a fluid: To flow out; to force its way out, to escape.