| 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 ebb ). |
| 11. | to cause or permit to flow: to flow paint on a wall before brushing. |
| 12. | to cover with water or other liquid; flood. |
| 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. | menstruation. |
| 20. | an overflowing; flood. |
| 21. | the rise of the tide (opposed to ebb ). |
| 22. | Machinery. progressive distortion of a metal object under continuous service at high temperature. |
| 23. | Physics. the transference of energy: heat flow. |

flow (flō) v. flowed, flow·ing, flows v. intr.
[Middle English flouen, from Old English flōwan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.] flow'ing·ly adv. Synonyms: These nouns denote 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. See Also Synonyms at stem1. |
flow
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flow (flō)
v. flowed, flow·ing, flows
To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity.
To circulate, as the blood in the body.
To menstruate.
The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.
The volume of fluid or gas passing a given point per unit of time.
Menstrual discharge.
Flow tool
A companion utility to Floppy by Julian James Bunn
Posted to comp.sources.misc volume 31.
(1995-03-14)