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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
flow n 1: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) [syn: flow, flowing] 2: the amount of fluid that flows in a given time [syn: flow, flow rate, rate of flow] 3: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression [syn: flow, stream] 4: any uninterrupted stream or discharge 5: 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" [syn: stream, flow] 6: 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" [syn: stream, flow, current] 7: 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 [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] v 1: move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" [syn: flow, flux] 2: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course] 3: cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper" 4: be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding" 5: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" [syn: hang, fall, flow] 6: cover or swamp with water 7: undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" [syn: menstruate, flow] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Flow \Flow\ (fl[=o]), obs. imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Flow \Flow\ (fl[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowed (fl[=o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Flowing.] [AS. fl[=o]wan; akin to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. fl[=o]a to deluge, Gr. plw`ein to float, sail, and prob. ultimately to E. float, fleet. [root]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. [1913 Webster] 2. To become liquid; to melt. [1913 Webster] The mountains flowed down at thy presence. --Is. lxiv. 3. [1913 Webster] 3. To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy. [1913 Webster] Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious. [1913 Webster] In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. --Joel iii. 18. [1913 Webster] The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster] 6. To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks. [1913 Webster] The imperial purple flowing in his train. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 7. To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. [1913 Webster] The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. To discharge blood in excess from the uterus. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Flow \Flow\, v. t. 1. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood. [1913 Webster] 2. To cover with varnish. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Flow \Flow\, n. 1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood. [1913 Webster] 2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words. [1913 Webster] 3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. [1913 Webster] The feast of reason and the flow of soul. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb. [1913 Webster] 5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster] | ||
6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
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