flow

Definitions

1. 1

   imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

2. 2intransitive verb

   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.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To become liquid; to melt.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

10. 10transitive verb

    To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

11. 11transitive verb

    To cover with varnish.

12. 12noun

    A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

13. 13noun

    A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

14. 14noun

    Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.

15. 15noun

    The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb, flow, under Ebb.

16. 16noun

    A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.

17. 17noun

    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

    Synonyms

    stream
18. 18noun

    the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

    Synonyms

    flowing
19. 19noun

    dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

    "two streams of development run through American history"

    "stream of consciousness"

    Synonyms

    currentstream
20. 20noun

    any uninterrupted stream or discharge

21. 21noun

    the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause--Hippocrates--Aristotle

    "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"

    "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"

    Synonyms

    catameniamensesmenstruationmenstruumperiod
22. 22noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    stream
23. 23noun

    the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

24. 24verb

    undergo menstruation

    "She started menstruating at the age of 11"

    Synonyms

    menstruate
25. 25verb

    cover or swamp with water

26. 26verb

    fall or flow in a certain way

    "This dress hangs well"

    "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

    Synonyms

    fallhang
27. 27verb

    move or progress freely as if in a stream

    "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

    Synonyms

    flux
28. 28verb

    move along, of liquids

    "Water flowed into the cave"

    "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

    Synonyms

    coursefeedrun
29. 29verb

    cause to flow

    "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

30. 30verb

    be abundantly present

    "The champagne flowed at the wedding"