Flow

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.

Compare flow with other words:

circulate vs. flow

flow vs. spread

flow vs. procedure

blemish vs. flow

flow vs. overbrim

flow vs. perfusive

flow vs. rorifluent

flow vs. flowingness

deflux vs. flow

flow vs. unsluice

flow vs. flowage

flow vs. foreflow

flow vs. interflow

flow vs. icefall

crossflow vs. flow

flow vs. indraught

circumundulate vs. flow

extravasate vs. flow

flow vs. levelling

flow vs. process

flow vs. streaming

flow vs. sustainable

cruise vs. flow

eloquence vs. flow

cascade vs. flow

flow vs. fluctuate

flow vs. landslide

energetics vs. flow

backwash vs. flow

flow vs. purling

flow vs. fluency

flow vs. profluence

flow vs. undertow

flow vs. perfuse

flow vs. gusher

flow vs. stanch

flow vs. onrush

flow vs. gasometer

flow vs. stagnate

flow vs. pumper

flow vs. gurgle

flow vs. reflux

flow vs. streamline

flow vs. tourniquet

flow vs. torrential

flow vs. torrent

flow vs. permeability

flow vs. suppress

flow vs. impedance

flow vs. stagnant

electrolyte vs. flow

flow vs. upstream

flow vs. flowing

flow vs. lachrymation

flow vs. influx

barrage vs. flow

disturb vs. flow

flow vs. voluble

bleeding vs. flow

backup vs. flow

flow vs. trickle

flow vs. gutter

disruption vs. flow

flow vs. viscosity

emanate vs. flow

flow vs. stream

channel vs. flow

aspect vs. flow

flow vs. waterfall

flow vs. fluent

flow vs. rhythm

flow vs. fountain

flow vs. influence

flow vs. varnish

flow vs. inundate

flow vs. overflow

flow vs. liquid

flow vs. reflow

continuity vs. flow

flow vs. overshot

flow vs. overrun

flow vs. flower

current vs. flow

flow vs. pressure

flow vs. opacity