Definition of Flow

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Definition of Flow

Flow

imp. sing. of Fly, 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.

To become liquid; to melt.

To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.

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

To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.

To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

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

To cover with varnish.

A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.

The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.

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Flow Quotations

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Mohandas Gandhi

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.
John F. Kennedy

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
Helen Keller

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
Robert H. Schuller

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Lao Tzu

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
Harry S. Truman

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
Sai Baba

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.
Shania Twain

Flow Translations

flow in Afrikaans is vloei, loop, stroom
flow in Dutch is stromen, vloeien, lopen, vlieten
flow in Finnish is virrata
flow in Italian is fluviale, corrente, fluire
flow in Portuguese is fluxo, corrente
flow in Spanish is flujo, fluir, corriente

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