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FLOW
flow, stream
(noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
flow, flowing
(noun) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
stream, flow, current
(noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; “two streams of development run through American history”; “stream of consciousness”; “the flow of thought”; “the current of history”
flow
(noun) any uninterrupted stream or discharge
menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
(noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; “the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation”; “a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped”--Hippocrates; “the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females”--Aristotle
stream, flow
(noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; “a stream of people emptied from the terminal”; “the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors”
flow, flow rate, rate of flow
(noun) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
menstruate, flow
(verb) undergo menstruation; “She started menstruating at the age of 11”
flow
(verb) cover or swamp with water
hang, fall, flow
(verb) fall or flow in a certain way; “This dress hangs well”; “Her long black hair flowed down her back”
flow, flux
(verb) move or progress freely as if in a stream; “The crowd flowed out of the stadium”
run, flow, feed, course
(verb) move along, of liquids; “Water flowed into the cave”; “the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi”
flow
(verb) cause to flow; “The artist flowed the washes on the paper”
flow
(verb) be abundantly present; “The champagne flowed at the wedding”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
flow (countable and uncountable, plural flows)
A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The rising movement of the tide.
Smoothness or continuity.
The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
(psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
The emission of blood during menstruation.
(rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
Synonyms
• (continuity): See also continuity
Antonyms
• (movement of the tide): ebb
• (continuity): See also discontinuity
Hyponyms
• airflow
• antiflow
• dark flow
• downflow
• inflow
• lava flow
• midflow
• onflow
• outflow
• overflow
• postflow
• preflow
• reflow
• subflow
• upflow
Verb
flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)
(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
(intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
(transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
(transitive) To cover with varnish.
(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Etymology 2
Noun
flow (plural flows)
(Scotland) A morass or marsh.
Anagrams
• Wolf, fowl, wolf
Source: Wiktionary
Flow, obs.
Definition: imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.
Flow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. FFlowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowing.] Etym: [AS. flowan; akin to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. floa to deluge, Gr. float, fleet. *80. Cf. Flood.]
1. To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.
2. To become liquid; to melt. The mountains flowed down at thy presence. Is. lxiv. 3.
3. To pproceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy. Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.
4. To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily. Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. Dryden.
5. To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. Joel iii. 18. The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. Prof. Wilson.
6. To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks. The imperial purple flowing in his train. A. Hamilton.
7. To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between. Shak.
8. To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
Flow, v. t.
1. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
2. To cover with varnish.
Flow, n.
1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope.
4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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