Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A flow or current of water; the amount of water flowing.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word waterflow.

Examples

  • Post officials say it appeared to be colored with dye used in waterflow studies.

    EPA investigating green water in Md. river Washington Post editors 2010

  • CNN's Chris Lawrence reports the waterflow into New Orleans at one levee is not as bad as it looks.

    Water over the levees 2008

  • The big question: is there any confirmation that the water is still rising or have the sandbags dropped in the levee somehow managed to halt the waterflow from the lake?

    Katrina Headlines XVI : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2005

  • The canyon was deep and wide, carved out by what must once have been a multikiloton waterflow.

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • I pitched the databand away from me as hard as I could, watched it, and everything it stood for, go spiraling out over the rim of the canyon, down, down into the bronze waterflow a hundred meters below.

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • Watching the sluggish, silt-heavy waterflow, I wondered whether that was a joke.

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • After years of wrangling, the utility offered to guarantee downstream waterflow and to pay $7.5 million to purchase additional water rights or otherwise to protect the whooping crane habitat.

    The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986

  • Her damaged sail structure sounded like a junk wagon in the waterflow, but there was nothing they could do about it.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • After years of wrangling, the utility offered to guarantee downstream waterflow and to pay $7.5 million to purchase additional water rights or otherwise to protect the whooping crane habitat.

    The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986

  • Now, that rice had swollen and dammed the waterflow.

    In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.