Flow

[fləʊ] or [flo]

Definition

(noun.) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression.

(noun.) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases).

(noun.) any uninterrupted stream or discharge.

(noun.) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time.

(verb.) cover or swamp with water.

(verb.) move or progress freely as if in a stream; 'The crowd flowed out of the stadium'.

(verb.) cause to flow; 'The artist flowed the washes on the paper'.

(verb.) be abundantly present; 'The champagne flowed at the wedding'.

Inputed by Jenny--From WordNet

Definition

(-) imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To become liquid; to melt.

(v. i.) To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

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

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

(v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

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

(v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

(v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

(v. t.) To cover with varnish.

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

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

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

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

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

Checked by Leda

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along.[2]. Issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result, be derived.[3]. Glide, move along easily or smoothly.[4]. Wave, float, undulate, waver, hang loosely.[5]. Abound, be full.

v. a. Flood, inundate, deluge, overflow.

n. [1]. Stream, current, flux.[2]. Abundance, copiousness.

Inputed by Jarvis

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Stream, issue, progress, glide, course, career, run

ANT:Halt, stick, stickle, stop, hesitate, fail, stint, beat, recoil, regurgitate,ebb

Checker: Wilmer

Definition

n. a morass: (Scot.) a flat moist tract of land.

v.i. to run as water: to rise as the tide: to move in a stream as air: to glide smoothly: to circulate as the blood: to abound: to hang loose and waving: (B.) to melt.—v.t. to cover with water.—n. a stream or current: the setting in of the tide: abundance: copiousness: free expression.—n. Flow′age act of flowing: state of being flooded.—adj. Flow′ing moving as a fluid: fluent or smooth: falling in folds or in waves.—adv. Flow′ingly.—n. Flow′ingness.

Typist: Sanford

Examples

Checker: Uriah

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