floe or flow
Only ice floating on water produces a floe. Volcanoes produce lava flows.
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Definitions
- n a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
- 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
News & Articles
- 20 rescued from ice floe
A group of campers stranded in the Canadian arctic for almost two days after an ice floe broke off was rescued by helicopter on Wednesday.
June 27, 2013 - MSN - Tourists rescued after nearly 2 days stranded on floating ice floe
A group of campers stranded on a drifting ice floe in the Canadian arctic for almost two days was rescued by helicopter on Wednesday.
June 27, 2013 - NBC NEWS - Tourists escape from drifting ice floe in Canadian arctic
A tourist group, including two Americans, that was stranded on a drifting ice floe in the Canadian arctic has made it back to solid ground, the tour operator said Wednesday.
June 27, 2013 - NBC NEWS
- Traffic flow changes coming
Decatur – The flow of traffic in downtown Decatur will soon be changing.
June 18, 2013 - WAND TV 17 Decatur - Fitch Updates Future Flow Securitization Rating Criteria
Fitch Ratings has published the latest version of its future flow securitization rating criteria. This report updates and replaces the prior criteria of the same name dated June 19
June 18, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Illegal immigration flow moves from Tucson to Rio Grande Valley, Texas
FALFURRIAS, Texas, June 17 (UPI) -- The flow of immigrants trying to enter the United States illegally has shifted from the Tuscon area to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, officials said.
June 17, 2013 - UPI