Flow () imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. |
Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid |
Flow (v. i.) To become liquid |
Flow (v. i.) To proceed |
Flow (v. i.) To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties |
Flow (v. i.) To have or be in abundance |
Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving |
Flow (v. i.) To rise, as the tide |
Flow (v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus. |
Flow (v. t.) To cover with water or other liquid |
Flow (v. t.) To cover with varnish. |
Flow (n.) A stream of water or other fluid |
Flow (n.) A continuous movement of something abundant |
Flow (n.) Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river |
Flow (n.) The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb. |
Flow (n.) A low-lying piece of watery land |
Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back |
Reflux (n.) A flowing back, as the return of a fluid |
Return (v. i.) To turn back |
Return (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular |
Return (v. i.) To speak in answer |
Return (v. i.) To revert |
Return (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. |
Return (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back |
Return (v. t.) To repay |
Return (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense |
Return (v. t.) To give back in reply |
Return (v. t.) To retort |
Return (v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known. |
Return (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior |
Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. |
Return (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done |
Return (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. |
Return (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net. |
Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner |
Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition |
Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition |
Return (n.) That which is returned. |
Return (n.) A payment |
Return (n.) An answer |
Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like |
Return (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. |
Return (n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold |
Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court. |
Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document. |
Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners. |
Return (n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below. |
Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer |
Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. |
reappearance return | the act of someone appearing again, his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited |
return homecoming | a coming to or returning home, on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party |
restitution return restoration regaining | getting something back again, upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
return | the act of going back to a prior location, they set out on their return to the base camp |
flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player, he won the point on a crossourt return |
return paying back getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
laminar flow clean room | a clean room free of all extraneous particles, used in fabricating microprocessors |
reflux condenser | condenser such that vapor over a boiling liquid is condensed and flows back into the vessel to prevent its contents from boiling dry |
return key return | the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed |
menorrhea menstrual blood menstrual flow | flow of blood from the uterus, occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years |
Rubicon point of no return | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
round-trip ticket return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
day return | a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day |
tax return income tax return return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability, his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return |
amended return | a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return |
declaration of estimated tax estimated tax return | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year |
false return | an incorrect income tax return |
information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
rejoinder retort return riposte replication comeback counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
recurrence return | happening again (especially at regular intervals), the return of spring |
ebb reflux | the outward flow of the tide |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
flow flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) |
airflow air flow flow of air | the flow of air, she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her |
return coming back | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |
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 |
turbulent flow | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically |
streamline flow | flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady |
laminar flow | nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae) |
cash flow | the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a give period of time (not including nonash expenses) |
return issue take takings proceeds yield payoff | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property, the average return was about % |
carriage return | the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line |
exponential decay exponential return | a decrease that follows an exponential function |
flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge |
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 |
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 |
gastroesophageal reflux esophageal reflux oesophageal reflux | reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus |
hepatojugular reflux | a venous reflux occurring in congestive heart failure |
ureterorenal reflux | a backflow of urine from the ureter into the renal pelvis |
vesicoureteral reflux | a backflow of urine from the bladder into the ureter |
reflux | an abnormal backward flow of body fluids |
flow flow rate rate of flow | the amount of fluid that flows in a given time |
rate of return | the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost |
return on invested capital return on investment ROI | (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid |