flow

noun flows

1. countable, uncountable Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
2. countable, uncountable The movement of a real or figurative fluid. Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
3. countable, uncountable A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
4. countable, uncountable The rising movement of the tide.
5. countable, uncountable Smoothness or continuity. The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
6. countable, uncountable The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement. Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
7. countable, uncountable A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
8. countable, uncountable A mental state characterized by concentration, focus, and enjoyment of a given task. The point about flow is that it is enjoyable. As research has shown "the more often athletes experienced flow, the happier they were." But the second is that entering flow actually improves performance.
9. countable, uncountable The emission of blood during menstruation. Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
10. countable, uncountable The ability to skillfully rap along to a beat. The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
11. countable, uncountable The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action. login flow

Opposite: ebb

verb flows · flowing · flowed

1. intransitive To move as a fluid from one position to another. Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
2. intransitive To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate. Wealth flows from industry and economy.
3. intransitive To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
4. intransitive To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over. […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]
5. intransitive To hang loosely and wave. a flowing mantle
6. intransitive To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb. The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

   Similar: come in, come up

7. transitive To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
8. transitive To allow (a liquid) to flow. The action is usually progressive, and as a certain amount of oil is flowed from the tubing it lowers the pressure on the remaining oil and liberates more gas, thus causing additional oil to flow from the tubing.
9. transitive To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
10. transitive To cover with varnish.
11. intransitive To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Similar: course, flit, flow, flux, fly, fountain, glide, gush, leak, run, rush, slide, slip, spew, spout, stream, trickle · Opposite: halt, stutter

noun flows

1. Scotland A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one. […] there are other extensive mosses in this district, commonly called flowes, which it is not probable ever will, or ever can be, converted into arable land. Some of these flowes are found to be 20, 25, or 30 feet deep, and are, besides, such a dead level, that the water has little or no descent; a