flow
Definitions
- A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one.
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- volume
- A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- funds
- The rising movement of the tide.
- caudal (pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body)
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow⟳ of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”
“The notion of flow⟳ is basic to the study⟳ of ordinary differential equations.”
“The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow⟳.”
“Turn⟳ on the valve and make⟳ sure you have⟳ sufficient flow⟳.”
“Other devices measure⟳ water flow⟳ in streams fed by melted ice.”
“The point⟳ about flow⟳ is that it is enjoyable. As research⟳ has shown "the more often athletes experienced flow⟳, the happier they were." But the second is that entering flow⟳ actually improves performance.”
“Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick⟳ the size that matches your flow⟳.”
“The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow⟳ is on point⟳.”
“Now shawty said she feelin' my style, she feelin' my flow⟳ […] / My flow⟳, my show⟳ brought me the dough / That bought me all my fancy things”
“login flow⟳”
“search⟳ flow⟳”
“I'm setting up event tracking for a pretty standard, multi-step signup flow⟳, and I'm wondering [...]”
“[…] there are other extensive mosses in this district, commonly called flowes, which it is not probable ever will, or ever can be, converted into arable land⟳. Some of these flowes are found to be 20, 25, or 30 feet deep, and are, besides, such a dead level, that the water has little or no descent; and even supposing they should be cast⟳, or burnt to the bottom, standing pools of dirty water could only stand⟳ in their place⟳.”
“Ye'll stick⟳ in some flow⟳, Or, ye'll melt⟳ in a thow”
“Had been roughly laid with bog-wood dug from the flowes,”
“Dandering o'er ferney knowes, [...] Springing o'er bogs an' flowes, [...]”
“If dey wirna a day apo' da flow⟳ dan he [it] wis nae man's bishaness.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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