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flow (iou)



flow verb. , flown.
[Old English flowan, cogn. with Old Norse floa flood, Middle Low German vloien, Dutch vloeien flow, from Germanic base of FLOOD noun.]
I. Glide along as a stream.
verb intrans. Of fluids, a stream, etc.: glide or run along, move along in a current. (Foll. by along, down, out, etc.) OE.
H. Allen The water..was soon seen and heard to be flowing away at a rapid rate. I. McEwan Usually the canal flows north, but today it was completely still. O. Henry A little iron bridge..under which the small tortuous river flows. fig.: G. Greene The stream of the unconscious continues to flow undisturbed.
b. Of blood or Other bodily fluid: circulate within the vessels of the body. ME.
c. Foll. by over: overflow. Long rare. E16.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra My lord Who is so full of grace that it flows over On all that need.
verb intrans. Become liquid, melt. OE-M18.
verb intrans.
a. Of people: come or go as a stream, move smoothly or in a crowd. LME.
T. S. Eliot A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many.
b. Of things: move as a stream, run smoothly and easily. Of electricity: move as a current, circulate. Of money: circulate within the economy, be transferred. LME.
A. Bevan Investment flowed freely from Europe to America. A. Miller The emotion flowing between them prevents anyone from speaking. G. Greene Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of..cars. Acorn User Data can flow between Computers..in two directions simultaneously.
Of hair, a garment, etc.: hang easily and gracefully, lie in undulating curves, stream. LME.
G. Millar Wavy, brown hair flowing glossily over his round head.
verb trans. Cause to flow or run; make fluid. LME-M17.
verb intrans. Of talk, literary style, etc.: proceed smoothly. L16.
A. S. Byatt The conversation..flowed easily enough. S. Brett I think my version flows better..sounds more poetic.
verb intrans. Math. Increase or diminish continuously by infinitesimal quantities. arch. E18.
verb intrans. Of a solid: undergo plastic flow (see FLOW noun1 5). L19.
II. Stream forth.
verb intrans. Gush out, well forth, spring; (of blood) be shed. OE.
D. Carnegie The blood flowing from his wounds left a crimson trail. transf.: B. Plain Ferns flowed out of hanging baskets at the windows.
b. Issue from, out of; result from. ME.
H. G. Wells The broad principles of action that flow from this wide conception of socialism.
c. Of a person: pour out one's feelings. L17.
Tennyson The mother flow'd in shallower acrimonies.
verb intrans. Of the sea or a tidal river: rise and advance, be in flood. Freq. in ebb and flow. Cf. EBB verb 1. OE.
fig.: E. M. Forster Waves of emotion broke, as if a tide of passion was flowing through the..air.
b. Of a river, esp. the Nile: overflow. Cf. FLOWN ppl adjective1 1. ME-E17.
c. Of the eyes: become overfull, run (with tears). ME-E18.
verb intrans.
a. Of wealth etc.: abound. Only in OE.
b. Of Wine etc.: run abundantly, be poured out unstintingly. L15.
verb intrans. Foll. by with: abound in, be plentifully supplied with. Now rare exc. in allusion to biblical phr. below. ME.
Bible (AV): Exodus 3:8 A lande flowing with milke and hony.
verb trans. Cover or fill with water, flood. Now rare. LME.
b. Cover with any liquid, as varnish or glaze. Now rare. M19.
verb trans. Produce (a liquid or stream of liquid). rare. M16.
Comb.: flow-on noun & adjective (Austral.) (a) consequences; (b) (designating or pertaining to) a wage or salary adjustment made for certain workers as a consequence of adjustments already made for Other related workers.
flowage noun (a) the act of flowing; flooded state; (b) plastic flow: M19.

erotopathic (medicine)


erotopathic


Relating to erotopathy.