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