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Meaning of flow in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /floʊ/

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  1. Verb

    flow

    Etymology

    Old English flōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloeien, also to flood

    Definitions

    1. move or progress freely as if in a stream

    Examples

    • « The crowd flowed out of the stadium »
  2. 2. move along, of liquids

    Examples

    • « Water flowed into the cave »
    • « the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi »
  3. 3. cause to flow

    Examples

    • « The artist flowed the washes on the paper »
  4. 4. be abundantly present

    Examples

    • « The champagne flowed at the wedding »
  5. 5. fall or flow in a certain way

    Examples

    • « This dress hangs well »
    • « Her long black hair flowed down her back »
  6. 6. cover or swamp with water
  7. 7. undergo menstruation

    Examples

    • « She started menstruating at the age of 11 »
  8. Noun

    flow

    Definitions

    1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
  9. 2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
  10. 3. the act of flowing or streaming

    Examples

    • « continuous progression »
  11. 4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
  12. 5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

    Examples

    • « a stream of people emptied from the terminal »
    • « the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors »
  13. 6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

    Examples

    • « two streams of development run through American history »
    • « stream of consciousness »
    • « the flow of thought »
    • « the current of history »
  14. 7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

    Examples

    • « 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 »

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