American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [f'loʊz]
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Noun
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the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
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the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
“two streams of development run through American history”
“stream of consciousness”
“the flow of thought”
“the current of history”
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any uninterrupted stream or discharge
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something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
“a stream of people emptied from the terminal”
“the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors”
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the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle
“the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation”
“a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped”
“the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females”
Verb
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move along, of liquids
“Water flowed into the cave”
“the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi”
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move or progress freely as if in a stream
“The crowd flowed out of the stadium”
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fall or flow in a certain way
“This dress hangs well”
“Her long black hair flowed down her back”
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cause to flow
“The artist flowed the washes on the paper”
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be abundantly present
“The champagne flowed at the wedding”
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cover or swamp with water
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undergo menstruation
“She started menstruating at the age of 11”
Usage examples
- Continuing west, the river flows past Gates, Mill City and Mehama.
- The Thornapple River flows north through the township, dividing it nearly in half.
- Sodus Creek flows northward through the town to Sodus Bay.
- The Deer River flows northward through the southeast part of Pinckney.
- It rises on the plains of northern Fergus County and flows eastward.
- The Waits River flows through the northeastern part of Orange.
- It flows into the Bothnian Bay at Oulu.
- Since the winding itself has no resistance, no current flows through the switch wire.
- The river Nestos flows along the eastern border.
- The East Kamet Glacier flows from the eastern side of Kamet and Mana.