The Meaning of flow

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

Synonyms

flowing , flow rate , rate of flow , stream , stream , stream , current , menstruation , menses , menstruum , catamenia , period , flux , run , feed , course , hang , fall , menstruate

Homophones

flo , floe

Rhymes

abaco , adagio , adolfo , aficionado , afterglow , aglow , ago , airglow , akihito , akimbo , albino , allegro , aloe , although , altiplano , amigo , ammo , angelo , appetito , apropos , arapaho , arapahoe , archipelago , arnaud , arnault , au , audio , aux , backhoe , badeau , badeaux , banjo , barbeau , bargo , barinco , barlow , barstow , beau , beaux , begnaud , belleau , below , benito , bestow , bibeau , bibeault , bilbo , bio , bleau , blow , blowe , bo , boe , boeh , boileau , boisseau , bongo , bonneau , bordeau , bordeaux , bordello , borneo , borough , borrow , boudreau , bourdeau , bourgault , bozo , braggadocio , brancheau , brasseaux , brazeau , breault , breaux , bro , broe , brousseau , browe , bruneau , brusseau , budreau , buffalo , bungalow , buteau , cabo , calico , calypso , cameo , cargo , carlow , celo , cervesato , champeau , changsho , chateau , chateaux , chau , chenault , chicago , chico , cho , choe , cicero , claudio , cloe , clow , coco , coe , cointreau , combo , commando , compeau , compo , cousteau , crapo , crepeau , cristo , cro , crossbow , croteau , crotteau , crow , crowe , cyrano , dado , daignault , dario , dau , davao , davault , deboe , dedeaux , defoe , denault , deneau , deneault , deveau , deveaux , devoe , diazo , divertimento , doe , doh , domino , dough , drapeau , dubeau , dufault , dunno , duro , dussault , dynamo , eau , eaux , ebro , eeo , elbow , embryo , enloe , enlow , enslow , escoe , escrow , eskimo , espresso , facteau , fallow , falsetto , fandango , fargo , farrow , faucheux , favreau , fecteau , figaro , flamenco , flo , floe , foe , fontainebleau , forego , forgo , fregeau , fro , froh , furlaud , garceau , gateau , gau , gaudreau , gauthreaux , gautreau , gautreaux , gauvreau , genego , generalissimo , geronimo , gibeau , gibeault , gilberto , giraud , gizmo , glasgow , glo , gloe , glow , go , goe , gogh , gogo , goh , goudeau , goudreau , gro , groh , groleau , grotto , grow , guanaco , guano , guantanamo , guilbeault , guilbeaux , guillot , guinarou , gusto , gyro , hello , hidalgo , hirohito , ho , hoe , hoh , hollo , humberto , hurteau , hwang-ho , hydro , idaho , ido , impresario , indigo , inflow , inscoe , ivanhoe , ivo , jacquot , jandreau , jarreau , jericho , jerrico , jo , joe , joh , judo , kayo , kilo , kinko , know , ko , koh , koito , kokomo , kowtow , krogh , kroh , krowe , kyo , labeau , lamberto , lareau , laveau , lebeau , lebow , ledlow , legato , legault , leleux , lienau , lo , loe , loew , loewe , loh , longbow , lotto , low , lowe , lozeau , ludlow , lumbago , luo , malveaux , manifesto , manseau , marceau , marceaux , margaux , marlowe , martineau , massimo , mau , meadow , meaux , medico , memo , metro , mexico , michaud , michaux , micheaux , michelangelo , micro , migneault , mineau , miro , mistletoe , mo , moe , monaco , monroe , montevideo , moreau , morneau , morneault , moro , moscow , mousseau , mow , munro , murto , mustachio , nadeau , navajo , neault , new-mexico , ngo , no , noe , noh , norberto , nouveau , o , oh , oleo , oregano , ortho , ostinato , otto , outflow , outgo , outgrow , overflow , overthrow , ow , owe , oxbow , papo , paseo , patio , pernod , perot , perreault , petrow , peugeot , photo , picaro , piccolo , pinsoneault , pinto , pistachio , plateau , plough , po , poe , pogo , polio , politico , pompano , ponto , ponzo , portfolio , portico , potato , presidio , presto , primeau , primeaux , primo , pro , promo , prudhoe , pruneau , puerto , puipoe , punto , queau , quito , quo , radio , rainbow , rambeau , ratio , reaux , renaud , renault , reneau , rheault , rhino , rho , riendeau , rio-de-janeiro , risotto , ro , rococo , rodeo , roe , roh , rohe , romano , romeo , rondeau , rougeau , rouleau , row , rowe , saito , schmo , scorpio , seago , sego , segundo , sergio , sew , sgro , shadow , shinto , show , sideshow , sloe , slow , snow , snowe , so , so-so , soileau , solo , spirito , staccato , steptoe , stereo , stow , stowe , stretto , strow , studio , swatow , tableau , taekwondo , tarot , tasso , tebeau , tempo , tetreault , thebeau , theriault , therriault , thibault , thibeau , tho , thoreau , though , throe , throw , thurnau , tiptoe , titlow , tobacco , toe , tokyo , tomato , tomorrow , tondreau , tornado , torpedo , torso , tourtelot , tow , towe , trio , trow , trudeau , truffaut , tso , tupelo , turbot , udo , umberto , undergo , undertow , unesco , ungo , uno , van-gogh , veilleux , vertigo , veto , viau , vieau , vienneau , vigneau , vigneault , virago , vo , whitlow , whoa , willow , winnow , wo , woe , wroe , yau , yo , yoe , yoh , zoh , zorro , zydeco