imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
(v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the
particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a
liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the
eyes.
(v. i.) To become liquid; to melt.
(v. i.) To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry
and economy.
(v. i.) To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties;
as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to
be uttered easily.
(v. i.) To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to
run or flow over; to be copious.
(v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing
locks.
(v. i.) To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide
flows twice in twenty-four hours.
(v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
(v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to
inundate; to flood.
(v. t.) To cover with varnish.
(n.) A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of
water; a flow of blood.
(n.) A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of
words.
(n.) Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought,
diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a
river; a stream.
(n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the
shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
(n.) A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss
and flow bog.
