flow

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English flōwan

[edit] Noun

Singular
flow

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural flows

flow (countable and uncountable; plural flows)

  1. The movement of a fluid.
  2. The rising movement of the tide.
  3. Smoothness or continuity.
    The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
  4. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
    Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
  5. (psychology) the state of being at one with.

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the movement of a fluid
the rising movement of the tide
smoothness or continuity
rate of fluid movement
being at one with
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to flow

Third person singular
flows

Simple past
flowed

Past participle
flowed

Present participle
flowing

to flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)

  1. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
  2. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
    The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.

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move as a fluid
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