FLOW FROM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flow from mean? 

• FLOW FROM (verb)
  The verb FLOW FROM has 1 sense:

1. be the result of

  Familiarity information: FLOW FROM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOW FROM (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be the result of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

be due; flow from

Hypernyms (to "flow from" is one way to...):

ensue; result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The findings confirm accelerating ice losses from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and reveal surprisingly steady rates of flow from its much larger neighbor to the east.

(New Study Brings Antarctic Ice Loss Into Sharper Focus, NASA)

Blockage of the opening between the bladder and the urethra resulting in the reduction or prevention of the urine flow from the bladder into the urethra.

(Bladder Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus)

I believe if you are making an appearance, profits will flow from your event or from the sale of your products if you introduce them to those who come on that weekend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It appears that large volumes of gas flow from smaller galaxies to larger ones, like the Milky Way.

(Half Our Body's Atoms Could Have Come from Outside The Galaxy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Chronic, irreversible obstruction of air flow from the lungs.

(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A valve designed to regulate the flow from a storage cylinder.

(Cylinder Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Asia's mountain glaciers flow from the cold heights of the world's tallest mountains down to warmer climate zones, where they melt much faster, feeding major rivers such as the Indus and Yangtze.

(NASA Finds Asian Glaciers Slowed by Ice Loss, NASA)

In the absence of a grounding connection, it is the current that could flow from any conductive part or the surface of non-conductive parts to ground if a conductive path was available (such as a human body).

(Device Electrical Current Leakage Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Mr. Collins received and returned these felicitations with equal pleasure, and then proceeded to relate the particulars of their interview, with the result of which he trusted he had every reason to be satisfied, since the refusal which his cousin had steadfastly given him would naturally flow from her bashful modesty and the genuine delicacy of her character.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; and advice of the most important and applicable nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)