流(なが)すto drain, to pour, to spill, to shed (blood, tears), to wash away, to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.), to circulate, to broadcast, to beam, to cruise (e.g. taxi), to float, to set adrift, to call off (a meeting, etc.)

Common

1. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

   1. 1.

      to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill

   2. 2.

      to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift

   3. 3.

      to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away

   4. 4.

      to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire)

   5. 5.

      to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute

2. う-verb (す), Intransitive verb

   1. 6.

      to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place

3. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

   1. 7.

      to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill)

   2. 8.

      to forfeit (a pawn)

4. う-verb (す), Intransitive verb

   1. 9.

      to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly

5. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

   1. 10.

      to exile, to banish

   2. 11.

      to hit (the ball) to the opposite field

      Baseball

6. Suffix, う-verb (す)

   1. 12.

      to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing

      after the -masu stem of a verb