Definition of: flow

(flō) v.i.
1. To move along in a stream, as water or other fluid.
2. To move along, as with the qualities of a liquid: The crowd flowed through the gates.
3. To stream forth; proceed from a source.
4. To move with continuity and pleasing rhythm, as verse or music.
5. To fall or lie in waves, as garments or hair.
6. To be full or too full; abound; overflow: The creeks are flowing with gold.
7. To come in or rise, as the tide: opposed to ebb.
—v.t.
8. To flood; inundate.
9. Obs. To cause to flow.
—noun
1. The act of flowing, or that which flows; also, a continuous stream or current.
2. The incoming of the tide.
3. The quantity, as of water, that passes through an orifice or by a given point in a given time.
4. A copious outpouring.
5. Any easy, gentle movement, as of speech. ♦ Homophone: floe. [OE flowan]
—flow′ing adjective & noun
—flow′ing·ly adverb
—flow′ing·ness noun