1. flow - Noun
2. flow - Verb
imp. sing. of Fly, 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.
To become liquid; to melt.
To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
To cover with varnish.
A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow moss and flow bog.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMost men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die. Seneca
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Laozi
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. Washington Irving
Everyone tries to make the water flow to his mill. Corsican Proverb
Go with the flow. African American Proverb
The rivers flow to the ocean. Portuguese Proverb