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英英字典: flow


KK Pronunciation

〔 flo 〕

Pronunciation

〔 flou 〕


Overview of noun flow

The noun flow has 7 senses


  • flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

  • flow, flow rate, rate of flow -- (the amount of fluid that flows in a given time)

  • flow, stream -- (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)

  • flow -- (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

  • stream, flow -- (something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors")

  • stream, flow, current -- (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history")

  • menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow -- (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle)


Overview of verb flow

The verb flow has 7 senses


  • flow, flux -- (move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium")

  • run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")

  • flow -- (cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper")

  • flow -- (be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding")

  • hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")

  • flow -- (cover or swamp with water)

  • menstruate, flow -- (undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11")

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