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flow  (fl)

v. flowed, flow·ing, flows

v.intr.

1.

a. To move or run smoothly with unbroken continuity, as in the manner characteristic of a fluid.

b. To issue in a stream; pour forth: Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.

2. To circulate, as the blood in the body.

3. To move with a continual shifting of the component particles: wheat flowing into the bin; traffic flowing through the tunnel.

4. To proceed steadily and easily: The preparations flowed smoothly.

5. To exhibit a smooth or graceful continuity: The poem's cadence flowed gracefully.

6. To hang loosely and gracefully: The cape flowed from his shoulders.

7. To rise. Used of the tide.

8. To arise; derive: Many conclusions flow from this hypothesis.

9.

a. To abound or teem: coffers flowing with treasure.

b. To stream copiously; flood: Contributions flowed in from all parts of the country.

10. To menstruate.

11. To undergo plastic deformation without cracking or breaking. Used of rocks, metals, or minerals.

v.tr.

1. To release as a flow: trees flowing thin sap.

2. To cause to flow: "One of the real keys to success is developing a system where you can flow traffic to yourselves" Marc Klee.

n.

1.

a. The act of flowing.

b. The smooth motion characteristic of fluids.

2.

a. A stream or current.

b. A flood or overflow.

c. A residual mass that has stopped flowing: a hardened lava flow.

3.

a. A continuous output or outpouring: a flow of ideas; produced a steady flow of stories.

b. A continuous movement or circulation: the flow of traffic; a flow of paperwork across his desk.

4. The amount that flows in a given period of time.

5. The rising of the tide.

6. Continuity and smoothness of appearance.

7. A general movement or tendency: a dissenter who went against the flow of opinion.

8. The sequence in which operations are performed.

9. An apparent ease or effortlessness of performance: "An athlete must learn to forget the details of his or her training to achieve the instinctive sense of flow that characterizes a champion" Frederick Turner.

10. Menstrual discharge.

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[Middle English flouen, from Old English flwan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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flowing·ly adv.

Synonyms: flow, current, flood, flux, rush¹, stream, tide¹
These nouns denote something suggestive of running water: a flow of thought; the current of history; a flood of ideas; a flux of words; a rush of sympathy; a stream of complaints; a tide of immigration. See Also Synonyms at stem¹.

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flow

Verb

1. (of liquids) to move in a stream

2. (of blood, electricity, etc.) to circulate

3. to move steadily and smoothly: a golf club with rich-looking cars flowing into it

4. to be produced effortlessly: words flowed from him in a steady stream

5. to hang freely: her hair loose and flowing down her back

6. to be abundant: at the buffet lunch, wine flowed like water

7. (of tide water) to rise

Noun

1. the act, rate, or manner of flowing: the abundant flow of water through domestic sprinklers

2. a continuous stream or discharge

3. the advancing of the tide [Old English flōwan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flow - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) flowing fountain, jet - an artificially produced flow of water change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something ebb, reflux - the outward flow of the tide backflow, backflowing - a flow that returns toward its source air flow, airflow, flow of air - the flow of air; "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her" current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water" freshet, spate - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow runoff, overflow, overspill - the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity drippage, dripping - a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) outpouring, discharge, run - the pouring forth of a fluid fluxion, flux - a flow or discharge oozing, seepage, ooze - the process of seeping dribble, drip, trickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" emission - the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) gush, outpouring, flush - a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" surge, upsurge, rush, spate - a sudden forceful flow
	2.	flow - the amount of fluid that flows in a given time flow rate, rate of flow cardiac output - the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute" rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
	3.	flow - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression stream movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" spillage, spill, release - the act of allowing a fluid to escape overflow, flood, outpouring - a large flow
	4.	flow - any uninterrupted stream or discharge backwash, slipstream, airstream, wash, race - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller turbulent flow - flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically streamline flow - flow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steady filling - flow into something (as a container) flowage - gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat); "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" inflow, influx - the process of flowing in natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" effluence, efflux, outflow - the process of flowing out
	5.	flow - something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors" stream motion - a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
	6.	flow - dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" stream, current course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
	7.	flow - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle catamenia, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged oligomenorrhea - abnormally light or infrequent menstruation
Verb	1.	flow - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" flux move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate, riffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples transpirate, transpire - pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
	2.	flow - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" course, run, feed flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river" jet, gush - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" tide, surge - rise or move forward; "surging waves" circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids waste, run off - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" run down - move downward; "The water ran down" pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" well out, stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" dribble, trickle, filter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" drain, run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" ooze, seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings gutter - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face" be due, flow from - be the result of
	3.	flow - cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
	4.	flow - be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding" exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	5.	flow - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" hang, fall
	6.	flow - cover or swamp with water flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" lave, lap, wash - wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
	7.	flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" menstruate bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood - lose blood from one's body

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flow

verb 1. run, course, rush, sweep, move, issue, pass, roll, flood, pour, slide, proceed, stream, run out, surge, spill, go along, circulate, swirl, glide, ripple, cascade, whirl, overflow, gush, inundate, deluge, spurt, teem, spew, squirt, purl, well forth

verb 2. pour, move, sweep, flood, stream, overflow

verb 3. issue, follow, result, emerge, spring, pour, proceed, arise, derive, ensue, emanate

noun 4. stream, current, movement, motion, course, issue, flood, drift, tide, spate, gush, flux, outpouring, outflow, undertow, tideway

noun 5. outpouring, flood, stream, succession, train, plenty, abundance, deluge, plethora, outflow, effusion, emanation

Translations

flow [fləu] n (= movement) → flujo (= direction); curso;

(ELEC) → corriente f

vi → correr, fluir

flow [fləu] n [of water, traffic etc] → écoulement m (= tide, influx); flux m [of orders, letters etc]; flot m [of blood], (Elec) → circulation f [of river]; courant m

vi → couler; [traffic] → s'écouler; [robes, hair] → flotter

flow [fləu] n → Fluss m;

(of sea) → Flut f

vi → fließen;

(clothes, hair) → wallen

flow [fləu] n → flusso; circolazione f [of river], (also ELEC) → corrente f

vi → fluire; [traffic, blood in veins] → circolare; [hair] → scendere

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flow

v flow [fləu]

1 to move along in the way that water does The river flowed into the sea.vloeiيَتَدَفَّقтекаtéciløbe; strømmefließenκυλώ, ρέω, χύνομαιfluirvoolamaجریان داشتنvirratacoulerלִזרוֹםबहना, सरकनाteci, izlijevati sefolyikmengalirrenna, flæða, streymafluire流れる흐르다tekėtitecēt; plūstmengalirstromenrenne, strømme, flytepłynąćcorrera curgeвпадатьtiecťtečitećirinna, strömma, flytaน้ำไหลakmak流動текти; литисяپانی کے ہمراح جاناchảy流动

2 (of the tide) to rise The boat left the harbour when the tide began to flow.stygende getyيَرْتَفِعприиждамstoupatrejse sigsteigenανεβαίνω (για παλίρροια)subirtõusmaبالا آمدنnoustamonterלַעֲלוֹתचढ़नाnadirati, dolaziti (plima)áradnaikflæða aðsalire満ちる밀물이 되다, 조수가 밀려오다kilti(par paisumu) celtiesair pasangopkomenstigeprzybieraćsubira se umflaподниматьсяstúpaťplimovatinadolazitistigaน้ำขึ้นyükselmek漲(潮)приливатиلہروں کا چڑھناlên (thuỷ triều)（潮）涨

n

the act of flowing a flow of blood; the flow of traffic.vloeiتَدَفُّقпритокproud, tokstrømdas Fließenροήcorriente, flujo, circulaciónvoolجریانvirta, virtaaminencirculationזְרִימָהबहाव, धारा, धारा प्रवाहtok, strujaáramlásaliranstraumur, flaumurflusso流れ흐름tekėjimas, srautastecēšana; plūšana; plūdums; plūsma; straumepengaliranstroomflyt(ing), (gjennom)strømmingstrumień, prądcorrentecirculaţieпотокtok; cirkulácia; prúdtokprotokström, rinnande, flödeการไหลakış, akma流動течія, потікبہنے کا عملsự chảy; dòng lưu thông流动

n ˈflow chart

a chart describing the stages of a process. vloeikaartجَدْول فَيْضي: جَدْوَل يُصَوِّر مراحِل العَمَلِيَّهтаблица, описваща етапиvývojový/postupový diagramprocesdiagram; arbejdsdiagramder Flow-Chartδιάγραμμα ροήςorganigramavooskeemنمودار گردش کارorganigrammeטָבלַת זְרִימָהफ्लो चार्टblok-shema, dijagram toka, hodogramfolyamatábradiagram arusorganigramma流れ作業図생산 공정도(工程圖)proceso diagrama(procesa) diagrammacarta alirstroomschemaproduksjonsplan/-diagramschemat blokowyдиаграммаpostupový diagramdiagram potekadijagram tokaflödesschema, -diagramแผนผังแสดงการดำเนินการในแต่ละกระบวนการizlem流程圖схема виробничого процесуنقل و حرکت کا نقشہbiểu đồ phát triển流程