Flow Definition
flō
flowed, flowing, flows
verb
flowed, flowing, flows
To move as a liquid does; move in a stream, like water.
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To overflow; flood.
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To move gently, smoothly, and easily; glide.
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To move in a way suggestive of a liquid; stream.
Crowds flowed past.
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To circulate, as the blood in the body.
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Synonyms:
noun
flows
The act or manner of flowing.
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The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.
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Anything that flows; stream or current.
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The rate of flowing.
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A flood or overflow.
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idiom
go with the flow
- to conform to or accept, rather than resist, a trend, condition, development, etc.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flow
Origin of Flow
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From Old English flōwan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plōw-. Cognate from Proto-Indo-European (via Latin) with fluent, flux.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English flouen from Old English flōwan pleu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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