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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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1. To bleed from the uterus less profusely than in flooding. 2. The menstrual discharge. 3. The rise in the opsonic index at the beginning of the positive phase.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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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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To cover with water.
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A stream; a current; the rise of the tide; abundance; copiousness; free out flow.
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To move or run, as a fluid; to melt; to proceed or issue; to abound; to glide along smoothly; to rise, as the tide; to circulate, as the blood; to move in a stream.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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 move along, as water; to run, as a liquid; to issue, as from a source; to glide along smoothly; to hang loose and waving, as a mantle.
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Rise of water, as opposed to a fall; a stream; copiousness, as a flow of language; sudden plenty or abundance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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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