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Definitions of 'Flow' Wordnet 

1. (noun) flow, flowing
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. (noun) flow, flow rate, rate of flow
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

3. (noun) flow, stream
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

4. (noun) flow
any uninterrupted stream or discharge

5. (noun) stream, flow
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"

6. (noun) stream, flow, current
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"

7. (verb) menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
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

8. (verb) flow, flux
move or progress freely as if in a stream
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

9. (verb) run, flow, feed, course
move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

10. (verb) flow
cause to flow
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

11. (verb) flow
be abundantly present
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"

12. (verb) hang, fall, flow
fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

13. (verb) flow
cover or swamp with water

14. (verb) menstruate, flow
undergo menstruation
"She started menstruating at the age of 11"


Definitions of 'Flow' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) Flow
a stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood

2. (noun) Flow
a continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words

3. (noun) Flow
any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream

4. (noun) Flow
the tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb

5. (noun) Flow
a low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog

6.  Flow
imp. sing. of Fly, v. i

7. (verb) Flow
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

8. (verb) Flow
to become liquid; to melt

9. (verb) Flow
to proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy

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

11. (verb) Flow
to have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious

12. (verb) Flow
to hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks

13. (verb) Flow
to rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours

14. (verb) Flow
to discharge blood in excess from the uterus

15. (verb) Flow
to cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood

16. (verb) Flow
to cover with varnish


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