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floweth

floweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Origin of floweth

From flow + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.

Questions about floweth

What is floweth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Floweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flow.

Words near floweth in the dictionary

  1. Flowery Gully
  2. Flowery Kingdom
  3. flowery war
  4. flowes
  5. flowest
  6. floweth
  7. flowfield
  8. flowfields
  9. flowgram
  10. flowgrams
  11. flowgraph

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