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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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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other

Movement in a manner suggestive of a liquid. Movement in a smooth and gentle manner, like water in a stream. See also stream-oriented.

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In telecommunications, a sequence of bits, bytes, datagrams, or packets between common endpoints identified by features such as network addresses and port numbers. See also bit, byte, datagram, endpoint, packet, and port.

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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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Other Word Forms of Flow

Noun

Singular:
flow
Plural:
flows

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Origin of Flow

  • 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

  • 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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Flow Sentence Examples

  • Quint felt the warmth flow into his face.

  • Tears continued to flow as her attention shifted back to Matthew.

  • They all flow naturally from our daily and historical experience.

  • The few supplies she had would barely last the night, especially since the flow was unusually heavy.

  • She struggled to pull herself out of the cabin, against the flow of cold river water.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLO

Words Ending With

WOWLOW

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Words Starting With F and Ending With W

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With W