FLOW
\flˈə͡ʊ], \flˈəʊ], \f_l_ˈəʊ]\
Definitions of FLOW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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any uninterrupted stream or discharge
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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"
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cover or swamp with water
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cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
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fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
By Princeton University
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be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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any uninterrupted stream or discharge
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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"
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cover or swamp with water
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cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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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.
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To become liquid; to melt.
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To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
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To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
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To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
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To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
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To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
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To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
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To cover with varnish.
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A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
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Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
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The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
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To rise, as the tide; - opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
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A low-lying piece of watery land; - called also flow moss and flow bog.
By Oddity Software
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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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.
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To become liquid; to melt.
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To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
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To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
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To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
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To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
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To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
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To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
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To cover with varnish.
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A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
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Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
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The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
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To rise, as the tide; - opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
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A low-lying piece of watery land; - called also flow moss and flow bog.
By Noah Webster.
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To run or spread, as water; circulate; glide; rise, as the tide; melt; issue forth.
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To overflow or inundate.
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A current or stream; the rise of the tide.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
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To cover with water.
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A stream or current; the setting in of the tide from the ocean; abundance; copiousness; free expression.
By Daniel Lyons
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A stream; current; rising tide; copiousness.
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To run, as a liquid; rise, as the tide; be poured forth; abound; hang loose and waving.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To overflow; flood.
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To move, as a stream; glide; issue; result.
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To rise, as the tide; abound.
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The act of flowing; a stream or current; incoming of the tide; a copious outpouring.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To menstruate copiously.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A stream of water or other fluid; a current;—any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, &c.; a pouring out;—free expression; volubility;—abundance; copiousness;—the tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore.
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.