Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of that which flows; a flux.
- noun Rising, as of a river; overflowing; flood.
- Moving, as a fluid; running; gliding.
- Fluent; smooth, as style; smoothly undulating, as a line; evenly continuous.
- Continuous; varying continuously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
flow , v. i. & t. - adjective That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
- adjective (Elec.) a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells.
- adjective a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
- adjective (Naut.) a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
flow . - noun The action of the verb to flow
- adjective Tending to
flow . - adjective Moving, proceeding or shaped
smoothly ,gracefully , orcontinuously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- adjective designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
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Examples
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Labour, for instance, is a title flowing from the natural law, as also is occupancy, and in certain circumstances, prescription.
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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BEAUBIEN: They constantly are asking that the U.S. does more to stop the flow of money, because it's cash, for the most part, that's flowing from the U.S. in, in terms of the revenues - billions of dollars a year, we're talking about - and in terms of the weapons.
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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Irony of ironies is that China is flat-out worried about the excess liquidity flowing from the rest of the world, driving up inflation and threatening bubbles.
Robert Lenzner: China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas Robert Lenzner 2010
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