Flow
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Flow
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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2 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.
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3 v. i.
To become liquid; to melt.
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4 v. i.
To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
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5 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.
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6 v. i.
To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
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7 v. i.
To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
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8 v. i.
To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
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9 v. i.
To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
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10 v. t.
To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
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11 v. t.
To cover with varnish.
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12 n.
A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
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13 n.
A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
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14 n.
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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15 n.
The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
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16 n.
A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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18 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.
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19 v. i.
To become liquid; to melt.
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20 v. i.
To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
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21 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.
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22 v. i.
To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
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23 v. i.
To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
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24 v. i.
To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
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25 v. i.
To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
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26 v. t.
To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
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27 v. t.
To cover with varnish.
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28 n.
A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
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29 n.
A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
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30 n.
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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31 n.
The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
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32 n.
A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.