flow¹ /flō/

1. (of water, etc) to run
2. To move or change form like a fluid
3. (of the tide) to rise or come in
4. To move in a stream
5. To glide smoothly
6. To abound or run over
7. To run in smooth lines
8. To issue or proceed smoothly and effortlessly
9. To stream or hang, loose and waving
10. To melt (obsolete)

To cover with water

1. A stream or current
2. Movement of, or like that of, a fluid
3. Anything which flows or has flowed
4. Mode of flowing
5. The setting in of the tide
6. Copious fluency
7. Menstruation (old)

flowˈage noun

1. (an) act of flowing
2. The state of being flooded

flowˈing adjective

1. Moving, as a fluid
2. Fluent
3. Smooth and continuous
4. Falling or hanging in folds or waves

flowˈingly adverb

flowˈingness noun

flow chart, flow diagram or flow sheet noun

A chart pictorially representing the nature and sequence of operations to be carried out, eg in a computer program or an industrial process

flow cytometry noun (biology)

A technique for sorting single cells or chromosomes which are stained and then directed in drops past a beam of light which sorts the drops into the appropriate vessel

flowˈmeter noun

A device for measuring, or giving an output signal proportional to, the rate of flow of a fluid in a pipe

flowˈ-on noun (Aust)

1. The process by which a wage or salary increase awarded to one group of workers results in a similar increase for other workers
2. Such an increase

flow-sorted chromosomes plural noun

Those sorted on the basis of size by flow cytometry

flowˈstone noun

A mineral precipitation from flowing water, usu of calcium carbonate

go with the flow (informal)

To be content to react to events and trends

flow² /flōw, flow/ (Scot)

1. A morass
2. A flat, moist tract of land
3. A quicksand
4. A moorland pool
5. A sea basin or sound

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