Flow

[floh] /floʊ/

verb (used without object)
1.
to move along in a stream:
The river flowed slowly to the sea.
2.
to circulate:
blood flowing through one’s veins.
3.
to stream or well forth:
Warmth flows from the sun.
4.
to issue or proceed from a source:
Orders flowed from the office.
5.
to menstruate.
6.
to come or go as in a stream:
A constant stream of humanity flowed by.
7.
to proceed continuously and smoothly:
Melody flowed from the violin.
8.
to hang loosely at full length:
Her hair flowed over her shoulders.
9.
to abound in something:
The tavern flowed with wine.
10.
to rise and advance, as the tide (opposed to ).
verb (used with object)
11.
to cause or permit to flow:
to flow paint on a wall before brushing.
12.
to cover with water or other liquid; flood.
noun
13.
an act of flowing.
14.
movement in or as if in a stream.
15.
the rate of flowing.
16.
the volume of fluid that flows through a passage of any given section during a unit of time:
Oil flow of the well was 500 barrels a day.
17.
something that flows; stream.
18.
an outpouring or discharge of something, as in a stream:
a flow of blood.
19.
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20.
an overflowing; flood.
21.
the rise of the tide (opposed to ).
22.
Machinery. progressive distortion of a metal object under continuous service at high temperature.
23.
Physics. the transference of energy:
heat flow.
/fləʊ/
verb (mainly intransitive)
1.
(of liquids) to move or be conveyed as in a stream
2.
(of blood) to circulate around the body
3.
to move or progress freely as if in a stream: the crowd flowed into the building
4.
to proceed or be produced continuously and effortlessly: ideas flowed from her pen
5.
to show or be marked by smooth or easy movement
6.
to hang freely or loosely: her hair flowed down her back
7.
to be present in abundance: wine flows at their parties
8.
an informal word for menstruate
9.
(of tide water) to advance or rise Compare ebb (sense 1)
10.
(transitive) to cover or swamp with liquid; flood
11.
(of rocks such as slate) to yield to pressure without breaking so that the structure and arrangement of the constituent minerals are altered
noun
12.
the act, rate, or manner of flowing: a fast flow
13.
a continuous stream or discharge
14.
continuous progression
15.
the advancing of the tide
16.
a stream of molten or solidified lava
17.
the amount of liquid that flows in a given time
18.
an informal word for menstruation
19.
(Scot)

20.
flow of spirits, natural happiness
v.

Old English flowan “to flow, stream, issue; become liquid, melt; abound, overflow” (class VII strong verb; past tense fleow, past participle flowen), from Proto-Germanic *flo- (cf. Middle Dutch vloyen, Dutch vloeien “to flow,” Old Norse floa “to deluge,” Old High German flouwen “to rinse, wash”), probably from PIE *pleu- “flow, float” (see pluvial). The weak form predominated from 14c., but strong past participle flown is occasionally attested through 18c. Related: Flowed; flowing.
n.

mid-15c., “action of flowing,” from flow (v.). Meaning “amount that flows” is from 1807. Flow chart attested from 1920.

flow (flō)
v. flowed, flow·ing, flows

n.

verb

To menstruate: am flowing, so can’t do inverted poses

tool
A companion utility to Floppy by Julian James Bunn [email protected]. Flow allows the user to produce various reports on the structure of Fortran 77 code, such as flow diagrams and common block tables. It runs under VMS, Unix, CMS.
Posted to comp.sources.misc volume 31.
(1995-03-14)
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