Movement vs. Flow
Movementnoun
Physical motion between points in space.
Movementnoun
(engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
Movementnoun
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
Movementnoun
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Movementnoun
(music) A large division of a larger composition.
Movementnoun
(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
Movementnoun
(baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
Movementnoun
An act of emptying the bowels.
Movementnoun
(obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Movementnoun
The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine.
Movementnoun
Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.
Movementnoun
Transference, by any means, from one situation to another; a change of situation; progress toward a goal; advancement; as, after months of fruitless discussion there was finally some movement toward an agreement.
Movementnoun
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Movementnoun
The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.
Movementnoun
A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch; as, a seventeen jewel movement.
Movementnoun
A more or less organized effort by many people to achieve some goal, especially a social or artistic goal; as, the women's liberation movement; the progressive movement in architecture.
Movementnoun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location;
Movementnoun
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Movementnoun
the act of changing location from one place to another;
Movementnoun
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;
Movementnoun
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata;
Movementnoun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
Movementnoun
an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object;
Movementnoun
a euphemism for defecation;
Movementnoun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
Movementnoun
the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock);
Movementnoun
the act of changing the location of something;
Movementnoun
an act of moving
Movementnoun
an arrival or departure of an aircraft
Movementnoun
the activities and whereabouts of someone during a particular period of time
Movementnoun
general activity or bustle
Movementnoun
the moving parts of a mechanism, especially a clock or watch
Movementnoun
a change or development
Movementnoun
a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas
Movementnoun
a campaign undertaken by a political, social, or artistic movement
Movementnoun
a principal division of a longer musical work, self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure
Movementnoun
an act of defecation.
Flownoun
A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
Flownoun
The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
Flownoun
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
Flownoun
The rising movement of the tide.
Flownoun
Smoothness or continuity.
Flownoun
The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Flownoun
A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
Flownoun
(psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
Flownoun
The emission of blood during menstruation.
Flownoun
The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
Flownoun
(Scotland) A morass or marsh.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
Flowverb
To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
Flowverb
(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
Flowverb
(transitive) To cover with varnish.
Flowverb
(intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Flow
imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
Flowverb
To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.
Flowverb
To become liquid; to melt.
Flowverb
To proceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy.
Flowverb
To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily.
Flowverb
To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious.
Flowverb
To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks.
Flowverb
To rise, as the tide; - opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
Flowverb
To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
Flowverb
To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
Flowverb
To cover with varnish.
Flownoun
A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.
Flownoun
A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.
Flownoun
Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream.
Flownoun
The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
Flownoun
A low-lying piece of watery land; - called also flow moss and flow bog.
Flownoun
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Flownoun
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
Flownoun
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
Flownoun
any uninterrupted stream or discharge
Flownoun
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
Flownoun
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
Flownoun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
Flowverb
move or progress freely as if in a stream;
Flowverb
move along, of liquids;
Flowverb
cause to flow;
Flowverb
be abundantly present;
Flowverb
fall or flow in a certain way;
Flowverb
cover or swamp with water
Flowverb
undergo menstruation;
