flow

1. 1

   Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.countableuncountable

2. 2

   The movement of a real or figurative fluid.countableuncountable

   • 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, th
3. 3

   A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.countableuncountable

   • The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
4. 4

   The rising movement of the tide.countableuncountable

5. 5

   Smoothness or continuity.countableuncountable

   • The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
6. 6

   The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.countableuncountable

   • Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
   • Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
7. 7

   A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).countableuncountable

8. 8

   A mental state characterized by concentration, focus, and enjoyment of a given task.countableuncountable

   • 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. 9

   The emission of blood during menstruation.countableuncountable

   • Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
10. 10

    The ability to skillfully rap along to a beat.countableuncountable

    • The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.

ant. ebb

1. 1

   To move as a fluid from one position to another.intransitive

   • Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
   • Tears flow from the eyes.
2. 2

   To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.intransitive

   • Wealth flows from industry and economy.
3. 3

   To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.intransitive

   • The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
4. 4

   To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.intransitive

   • […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]
   • the exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl
5. 5

   To hang loosely and wave.intransitive

   • a flowing mantle
   • flowing locks
6. 6

   To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.intransitive

   • The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
7. 7

   To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.transitive

8. 8

   To allow (a liquid) to flow.transitive

   • 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. 9

   To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.transitive

10. 10

    To cover with varnish.transitive

syn. course · flit · flow · flux · fly · fountain · glide · gush · leak · run · rush · slide

ant. halt · stutter

1. 1

   A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one.Scotland

   • Had been roughly laid with bog-wood dug from the flowes,
   • If dey wirna a day apo' da flow dan he [it] wis nae man's bishaness.