flow

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To become liquid; to melt. The mountains flowed down at thy presence. Is. lxiv.
3. 3.3. To pproceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy. Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.
4. 4.To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily. Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. Dryden.
5. 5.To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. Joel iii.
6. 6.The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. Prof. Wilson.
7. 7.To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks. The imperial purple flowing in his train. A. Hamilton.
8. 8.To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between. Shak.
9. 9.To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
10. 10.To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
11. 11.To cover with varnish.
12. 12.A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
13. 13.A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
14. 14.Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope.
15. 15.The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
16. 16.A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to become liquid; to melt. The mountains flowed down at thy presence. Is. lxiv called?
• What is 3. To pproceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy. Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton called?
• What is to have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. Joel iii called?
• What is the exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. Prof. Wilson called?
• What is to hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks. The imperial purple flowing in his train. A. Hamilton called?
• What is to rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between. Shak called?
• What is to discharge blood in excess from the uterus called?
• What is to cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood called?
• What is a stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood called?
• What is a continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words called?
• What is any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope called?
• What is the tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb called?
• What is a low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson called?