flow

Definitions of flow in various dictionaries:

noun - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

noun - the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

noun - the act of flowing or streaming

noun - any uninterrupted stream or discharge

noun - something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

noun - dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

noun - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

verb - move or progress freely as if in a stream

verb - move along, of liquids

verb - cause to flow

verb - be abundantly present

verb - fall or flow in a certain way

verb - cover or swamp with water

verb - undergo menstruation

To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.

To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.

To circulate, as the blood in the body.

To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.

To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.

To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity: The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.

To hang loosely and gracefully: The cape flowed from his shoulders.

To rise.

To arise; derive: Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.

To abound or teem: coffers flowing with treasure.

To stream copiously; flood: Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.

To menstruate.

To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking.

To release as a flow: trees flowing thin sap.

To cause to flow: “One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves” (Marc Klee).

The act of flowing.

The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.

A stream or current.

A flood or an overflow.

A residual mass that has stopped flowing: a hardened lava flow.

A continuous output or outpouring: a flow of ideas; produced a steady flow of articles and stories.

A continuous movement or circulation: the flow of traffic; a flow of paperwork across his desk.

The amount that flows in a given period of time.

The rising of the tide.

Continuity and smoothness of appearance.

A general movement or tendency: As the lone dissenter in the group, she was going against the flow of opinion.

The sequence in which operations are performed.

An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance: “An athlete must learn to forget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion” (Frederick Turner).

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “something suggestive of running water”: a flow of thought; the current of history; a flood of ideas; a flux of words; a rush of sympathy; a stream of complaints; a tide of immigration.

verb - to move steadily and smoothly along