| Flow (flow) |
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| imp. sing. | (fl ) |
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| Flow |
| obs. |
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| Flow (flow) |
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| v. i. | (fl) |
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| Flow |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Flowed (fl&omacr]d); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Flowing.] [AS. fl&omacr]wan; akin to D.
vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. fla
to deluge, Gr. < |
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.
To become liquid; to melt.
To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth
flows from industry and economy.
To glide along smoothly, without harshness
or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to
sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
To have or be in abundance; to abound; to
full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
To hang loose and waving; as, a
flowing mantle; flowing locks.
To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to
ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four
hours.
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.
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.
A continuous movement of something
abundant; as, a flow of words.
Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure
of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady
movement of a river; a stream.
The tidal setting in of the water from the
ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under
Ebb.
A low-lying piece of watery land; --
called also flow moss and flow bog.
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