floe vs flow
Definitions
noun
- a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
Examples
They have been recorded up to forty and even fifty miles in length, and they have been called floe bergs, because it was supposed that they froze first as ordinary sea-ice and increased by subsequent additions from below.
These rotations further suggest that forces acting on the nearshore edges of large floes behave differently from those acting on offshore edges.
It is so big it has blocked wind and water currents that break up ice floes in McMurdo Sound during the Antarctic summer.
Definitions
verb
- fall or flow in a certain way
- be abundantly present
- cover or swamp with water
- cause to flow
- undergo menstruation
noun
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Examples
Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers.
It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
