flowering hazel
- n any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
flourish
- n a showy gesture
she entered with a great flourish - n an ornamental embellishment in writing
- n a display of ornamental speech or language
- n the act of waving
- n (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
he entered to a flourish of trumpets - v grow vigorously
- v make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- v move or swing back and forth
flouter
- n someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
flow
- n the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- n the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- n the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- n any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- n something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors - n dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
the flow of thought - n the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
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 - v move or progress freely as if in a stream
The crowd flowed out of the stadium - v move along, of liquids
Water flowed into the cave - v cause to flow
The artist flowed the washes on the paper - v be abundantly present
The champagne flowed at the wedding - v fall or flow in a certain way
Her long black hair flowed down her back - v cover or swamp with water
- v undergo menstruation
flow chart
- n a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow diagram
- n a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
flow sheet
- n a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system