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flowe

flowe is the obsolete form of flow.

Meaning of flow

Verb

flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)

  1. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
    • Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
  2. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
    • Wealth flows from industry and economy.
  3. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
    • The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
  4. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
    • […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 3:18–18, signature Ffff3, verso, columns 1–2
  5. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
    • a flowing mantle
  6. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
    • The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
    Synonyms:
    come in, come up

See all 23 meanings of flow

Proper noun capitalized: Flowe

Flowe (plural Flowes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of flowe

Verb
third-person singular presentflowes
present participleflowing
past participleflowed
pastflowed
Proper noun
pluralFlowes

Questions about flowe

What does flowe mean?
Flowe means a surname.
What is flowe the obsolete form of?
Flowe is the obsolete form of flow.
What part of speech is flowe?
Flowe is a proper noun.

Words near flowe in the dictionary

  1. flowcytometrical
  2. flowcytometrically
  3. flowcytometry
  4. flowdown
  5. flowdowns
  6. flowe
  7. flowed
  8. flowed out
  9. flowen
  10. flower
  11. flower arrangement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flowe (page history and authors); Flowe (page history and authors); flow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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