Flow Definition
Movement in a manner suggestive of a liquid. Movement in a smooth and gentle manner, like water in a stream. See also stream-oriented.
- to conform to or accept, rather than resist, a trend, condition, development, etc.
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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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