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Meanings of cold flow in English

Russian
ползучесть материалов
Portuguese
fluencia
Spanish
deformacion a fluencia
Catalan
creep

The tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently.

        ползучесть материалов
        Usage of cold flow in English
        1
        Rue felt a wave of cold flow over her; it carried with it a surreal calm.
        Imprudence
        2
        The " cold flow" Guinness is intended to attract younger consumers whose first drink is usually lager.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Inside the shower stall, I dropped the towel and stood under the cold flow for a good ten minutes.
        French pressed
        4
        I let the cold flow over me and allowed my nose to become accustomed to the lack of scent.
        Secrets of the Wolves
        5
        A blade of ice pierced my chest, cold flowing in like poison.
        John Dies at the End
        6
        The increasing cold flowed around them with painful contrast.
        The Argonauts
        7
        She sat motionless, wave after wave of cold flowing in through her limbs to her heart.
        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
        8
        The hall was dark, and cold flowed toward her, making her wish she had put on her bathrobe.
        Winter door