Definitions of FLOW in various dictionaries:
noun -
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
noun -
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
noun -
the act of flowing or streaming
noun -
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
noun -
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
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dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
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the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
verb -
move or progress freely as if in a stream
verb -
move along, of liquids
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cause to flow
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be abundantly present
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fall or flow in a certain way
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cover or swamp with water
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undergo menstruation
To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.
To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.
To circulate, as the blood in the body.
To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.
To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.
To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity: The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.
To hang loosely and gracefully: The cape flowed from his shoulders.
To rise.
To arise; derive: Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
To abound or teem: coffers flowing with treasure.
To stream copiously; flood: Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.
To menstruate.
To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking.
To release as a flow: trees flowing thin sap.
To cause to flow: “One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves” (Marc Klee).
The act of flowing.
The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.
A stream or current.
A flood or an overflow.
A residual mass that has stopped flowing: a hardened lava flow.
A continuous output or outpouring: a flow of ideas; produced a steady flow of articles and stories.
A continuous movement or circulation: the flow of traffic; a flow of paperwork across his desk.
The amount that flows in a given period of time.
The rising of the tide.
Continuity and smoothness of appearance.
A general movement or tendency: As the lone dissenter in the group, she was going against the flow of opinion.
The sequence in which operations are performed.
An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance: “An athlete must learn to forget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion” (Frederick Turner).
The central meaning shared by these noun s is “something suggestive of running water”: a flow of thought; the current of history; a flood of ideas; a flux of words; a rush of sympathy; a stream of complaints; a tide of immigration.
verb - to move steadily and smoothly along