transitive flow

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• flow — flow1 [ flou ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the continuous movement of a liquid in one direction: drugs that improve the blood flow around the body flow of: Leaves in the ditch were blocking the flow of water. a ) the continuous movement of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• flow — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flōwan; akin to Old High German flouwen to rinse, wash, Latin pluere to rain, Greek plein to sail, float Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. (1) to issue or move in a stream (2)… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• flow from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms flow from : present tense I/you/we/they flow from he/she/it flows from present participle flowing from past tense flowed from past participle flowed from formal flow from something to be a natural result of… …   English dictionary

• flow from — verb be the result of (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑be due • Hypernyms: ↑result, ↑ensue • Verb Frames: Something s something Something is ing PP …   Useful english dictionary

• de|flow|er — «dee FLOW uhr», transitive verb. 1. to strip flowers from: »Garlands…from vales deflower d (Keats). 2. to deprive (a woman) of her virginity. 3. Figurative. to rob of beauty, excellence, or purity; spoil; ruin; ravish …   Useful english dictionary

• en|flow|er — «ehn FLOW uhr», transitive verb. to adorn or deck with flowers: »Spring enflowers the fields …   Useful english dictionary

• engulf — transitive verb Date: 1555 1. to flow over and enclose ; overwhelm < the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island > 2. to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing • engulfment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fluidize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: circa 1855 1. to cause to flow like a fluid 2. to suspend (as solid particles) in a rapidly moving stream of gas or vapor to induce flowing motion of the whole • fluidization noun • fluidizer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nourish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English nurishen, from Anglo French nuriss , stem of nurrir, norrir, from Latin nutrire to suckle, nourish; akin to Greek nan to flow, noteros damp, Sanskrit snauti it drips Date: 14th century 1. nurture, rear 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perfuse — transitive verb (perfused; perfusing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere to pour over, from per through + fundere to pour more at found Date: 15th century 1. suffuse 2. a. to cause to flow or spread ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• air-lock — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: air lock : to stop (a flow) by an air lock …   Useful english dictionary