Definitions for flow
floʊflow

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. flow, flowingnoun

   the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

2. flow, flow rate, rate of flownoun

   the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

3. flow, streamnoun

   the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

4. flownoun

   any uninterrupted stream or discharge

5. stream, flownoun

   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. stream, flow, currentnoun

   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. menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flowverb

   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. flow, fluxverb

   move or progress freely as if in a stream

   "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

9. run, flow, feed, courseverb

   move along, of liquids

   "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

10. flowverb

    cause to flow

    "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

11. flowverb

    be abundantly present

    "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

12. hang, fall, flowverb

    fall or flow in a certain way

    "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

13. flowverb

    cover or swamp with water

14. menstruate, flowverb

    undergo menstruation

    "She started menstruating at the age of 11"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. flownoun

   The movement of a fluid.

2. flownoun

   The rising movement of the tide.

3. flownoun

   Smoothness or continuity.

   The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.

4. flownoun

   The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.

   Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.

5. flownoun

   the state of being at one with.

6. flowverb

   To move as a fluid from one position to another.

7. flowverb

   To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.

   The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.

8. Etymology: From flowan, from flōanan, from plōw-. Cognate from Proto-Indo-European (via Latin) with fluent, flux.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flownoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The rise of water; not the ebb.

   Some, from the diurnal and annual motion of the earth, endeavour to solve the flows and motions of these seas, illustrating the same by water in a bowl, that rises or falls according to the motion of the vessel. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   The ebb of tides, and their mysterious flow,
   We as arts elements shall understand. John Dryden, Ann. Mirab.

   2. A sudden plenty or abundance.

   The noble power of suffering bravely is as far above that of enterprising greatly, as an unblemished conscience and inflexible resolution are above an accidental flow of spirits, or a sudden tide of blood. Alexander Pope.

   3. A stream of diction; volubility of tongue.

   Teaching is not a flow of words, nor the draining of an hour-glass; but an effectual procuring that a man know something which he knew not before, or to know it better. South.

2. To Flowverb

   To overflow; to deluge.

   In a hot dry Summer watering would be a very great advantage to hops; but it is scarce practicable, unless you have a stream at hand to flow the ground. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

3. To FLOWverb

   Etymology: flowan, Saxon.

   1. To run or spread as water.

   The god am I, whose yellow water flows
   Around these fields, and fattens as it goes. John Dryden, Æn.

   Fields of light and liquid ether flow,
   Purg’d from the pond’rous dregs of earth below. Dryden.

   Endless tears flow down in streams. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To run: opposed to standing waters.

   With osier floats the standing water strow;
   Of massy stones make bridges, if it flow. Dryden.

   3. To rise; not to ebb.

   This river hath thrice flow’d, no ebb between. William Shakespeare.

   4. To melt.

   Oh that thou wouldst rent the heavens, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. Is. lxiv. 1.

   5. To proceed; to issue.

   I’ll use that tongue I have: if wit flow from ’t,
   I shall do good. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   The knowledge drawn from experience is quite of another kind from that which flows from speculation or discourse. South.

   6. To glide smoothly without asperity: as, a flowing period.

   This discourse of Cyprian, and the flowers of rhetorick in it, shew him to have been of a great wit and flowing eloquence. George Hakewill, on Providence.

   7. To write smoothly; to speak volubly.

   Virgil is sweet and flowing in his hexameters. Dryden.

   Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
   Than ever man pronounc’d, or angel sung. Matthew Prior.

   8. To abound; to be crowded.

   The dry streets flow’d with men. George Chapman.

   9. To be copious; to be full.

   Then shall our names,
   Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

   There ev’ry eye with slumb’rous chains she bound,
   And dash’d the flowing goblet to the ground. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   10. To hang loose and waving.

   He was cloathed in a flowing mantle of green silk, interwoven with flowers. Spectator, №. 425.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flow

   imp. sing. of Fly, v. i

2. Flowverb

   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. Flowverb

   to become liquid; to melt

4. Flowverb

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

5. Flowverb

   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. Flowverb

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

7. Flowverb

   to hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks

8. Flowverb

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

9. Flowverb

   to discharge blood in excess from the uterus

10. Flowverb

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

11. Flowverb

    to cover with varnish

12. Flownoun

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

13. Flownoun

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

14. Flownoun

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

15. Flownoun

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

16. Flownoun

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

17. Etymology: [AS. flwan; akin to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. fla to deluge, Gr. plw`ein to float, sail, and prob. ultimately to E. float, fleet. 80. Cf. Flood.]

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1. Flow

   Flow is an indie video game created by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark. Originally released as a free Flash game in 2006 to accompany Chen's master's thesis, it was reworked into a 2007 PlayStation 3 game by his development studio, Thatgamecompany. SuperVillain Studios released a PlayStation Portable version of the game in 2008. In Flow, the player navigates a series of two-dimensional planes with an aquatic microorganism that evolves by consuming other microorganisms. The game's design is based on Chen's research into dynamic difficulty adjustment at the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division, and on psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theoretical concept of mental immersion or flow. The Flash version of Flow received 100,000 downloads within its first two weeks of release, and had been played over 3.5 million times by 2008. Its PlayStation 3 re-release was the most downloaded game on the PlayStation Network in 2007, and won the Best Downloadable Game award at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards. It was nominated for awards by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Reviewers praised Flow's visual and audio appeal, but noted the simplicity of its gameplay; several considered it to be more of an art piece than a game.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flow

   flō, 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. [A.S. flówan; Ger. fliessen.]

2. Flow

   flow, n. a morass: (Scot.) a flat, moist tract of land. [Ice. floi, a marsh—flóa, to flood.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flow

   In tidology, the rising of the tide; the opposite of ebb. Also, the course or direction of running waters.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flownoun

   Money, as in "cash flow."

2. flownoun

   To rhyme continuously in the same rhyme scheme without stopping.i could get it alike in any way i like

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flow

   To move.

   The water did flow out of the tap.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020  

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1. FLOW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flow is ranked #47356 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Flow surname appeared 448 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Flow.
   
   74.5% or 334 total occurrences were White.
   17.8% or 80 total occurrences were Black.
   5.3% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flow' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2299

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3213

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flow' in Nouns Frequency: #878

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'flow' in Verbs Frequency: #614

Anagrams for flow »

1. fowl

2. wolf

How to pronounce flow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flow in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of flow in a Sentence

1. Patrick Cantlay:

   I still think it's about preparing for each individual tournament as best you can, because it's so complicated, there can be so much ebb and flow, it's not worth trying to get caught up in all that points business.

2. Jim Blankenship:

   The idea is to get some income coming in early but also look at the cumulative lifetime cash flow.

3. Both Bazant:

   If you look at the air flow outside, the infected air would be swept away and very unlikely to cause transmission, there are very few recorded instances of outdoor transmission.

4. Chris Griffith:

   Rustenburg generated operating free cash flow of 261 million rand ($21 million) and Union generated 72 million rand. So both of these mines have turned positive.

5. David Tuan:

   Here in Williston, the growth rate is not predictable, measuring wastewater flow tends to be the most-efficient way to track population.

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