flow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
psychology
sciences
software
Etymology: From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.
Inflected forms:
form: flows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
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.
gloss: A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
gloss: The rising movement of the tide.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Smoothness or continuity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
gloss: The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
gloss: A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A mental state characterized by concentration, focus, and enjoyment of a given task.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The emission of blood during menstruation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
gloss: The ability to skillfully rap along to a beat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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
gloss: The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: login flow
search flow
I'm setting up event tracking for a pretty standard, multi-step signup flow, and I'm wondering [...]
gloss: To move as a fluid from one position to another.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.
Wrex: I need to get my blood flowing. Find me something to kill!
gloss: To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Wealth flows from industry and economy.
Thoſe thouſand decencies that daily flow ¶ From all her words and actions, mixt with Love
gloss: To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
[…]Virgil,[…]is[…]ſweet and flowing in his Hexameters.
gloss: To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]
the exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl
gloss: To hang loosely and wave.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: a flowing mantle
flowing locks
[…]the imperial purple flowing in his train.
gloss: To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
The Riuer hath thrice flow’d, no ebbe betweene:
gloss: To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To allow (a liquid) to flow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The action is usually progressive, and as a certain amount of oil is flowed from the tubing it lowers the pressure on the remaining oil and liberates more gas, thus causing additional oil to flow from the tubing.
gloss: To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cover with varnish.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Synonyms: course
flit
flow
flux
fly
fountain
glide
gush
leak
run
rush
slide
slip
spew
spout
stream
Antonyms: ebb
halt
stutter
Derived words: adjusted flow time
aflow
afterflow
air flow
ashflow
autoflow
backflow
baseflow
blood flow
byflow
cash flow
cerebral blood flow
coflow
conflow
contraflow
control-flow graph
counterflow
crossflow
data flow
data flow diagram
earthflow
ebb and flow
Fanno flow
floodflow
flowability
flowage
flowant
flow art
flow arts
flow battery
flow blue
flow cell
flow chart
flowchart
flow control
flow cytometer
flowcytometric
flow cytometry
flow diagram
flower
flow field
flowgram
flowgraph
flowgraphy
flowless
flowlike
flowline
flowmap
flowmeter
flowmetric
flowmotion
flow motion
flow network
flow-on
flow-on effect
flow on effect
flowpath
flow production
flow rate
flowrate
flow sheet
flowsheet
flowsnake
flow state
flowstone
flow stress
flowthrough
flowtime
flowtop
flow tracer
flow variable
flowy
foreflow
free cash flow
freeflow
gene flow
geneflow
go with the flow
go with the flow of traffic
grainflow
Hubble flow
hyperflow
hyperpycnal flow
in flow
in full flow
interflow
isentropic flow
isocratic flow
jet flow
Knudsen flow
laminar flow
laminar flow hood
lateral flow test
lineflow
mass flow
microflow
mindflow
mudflow
multiflow
nanoflow
newsflow
nonflow
off-flow
only dead fish go with the flow
page flow
peak flow
peak flow meter
plastic flow
pyroclastic flow
rainflow
return flow
Ricci flow
semiflow
sheet flow
single-flow
slushflow
stemflow
stormflow
streamflow
superflow
throughflow
transverse flow effect
turbulent flow
uniflow
uroflow
wake flow
waterflow
water flow
wordflow
workflow
overflow
flowable
reflowable
flow out
free-flowing
full-flowing
get one's juices flowing
underflow
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: rrjedhje
lang: Southern Altai
word: агыш
roman: agïš
lang: Arabic
word: تَدَفُّق
roman: tadaffuq
lang: Armenian
word: հոսք
roman: hoskʻ
lang: Armenian
word: հոսանք
roman: hosankʻ
lang: Asturian
word: fluxu
lang: Basque
word: etorri
lang: Belarusian
word: цячэ́нне
roman: cjačénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: плынь
roman: plynʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пато́к
roman: patók
lang: Blackfoot
word: áwa'kimsska
lang: Breton
word: beradur
lang: Bulgarian
word: тече́ние
roman: tečénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: пото́к
roman: potók
lang: Catalan
word: flux
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 流
roman: liú
lang: Chuvash
word: юх
roman: juh
lang: Czech
word: tok
lang: Czech
word: proudění
lang: Danish
word: strøm
lang: Dutch
word: stroom
lang: Esperanto
word: fluo
lang: Esperanto
word: alfluo
lang: Estonian
word: vool
lang: Finnish
word: virtaus
lang: French
word: écoulement
lang: French
word: flux
lang: Galician
word: fluxo
lang: Georgian
word: დინება
roman: dineba
lang: Georgian
word: დენა
roman: dena
lang: German
word: Fluss
lang: Greek
word: ροή
roman: roḯ
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥεῦμα
roman: rheûma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥοία
roman: rhoía
lang: Hindi
word: प्रवाह
roman: pravāh
lang: Hindi
word: बहाव
roman: bahāv
lang: Hungarian
word: áramlás
lang: Indonesian
word: alir
lang: Irish
word: sreabh
lang: Irish
word: sileadh
lang: Italian
word: flusso
lang: Italian
word: colata
lang: Italian
word: scorrimento
lang: Japanese
word: 流れ
roman: nagare
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: агъым
roman: ağım
lang: Kashubian
word: cec
lang: Korean
word: 흐름
roman: heureum
lang: Latgalian
word: tekme
lang: Latin
word: fluxus
lang: Latvian
word: plūsma
lang: Luhya
word: omuhula
lang: Macedonian
word: тек
roman: tek
lang: Macedonian
word: тече́ние
roman: tečénie
lang: Marathi
word: वाहने
roman: vāhne
lang: Mongolian
word: урсгал
roman: ursgal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: flom
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: strøm
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Fluss
lang: Polish
word: przepływ
lang: Portuguese
word: fluxo
lang: Portuguese
word: escoamento
lang: Portuguese
word: caudal
lang: Romanian
word: curgere
lang: Russian
word: тече́ние
roman: tečénije
lang: Russian
word: пото́к
roman: potók
lang: Sanskrit
word: रेतस्
roman: retas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: то̑к
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тѐче̄ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tȏk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tèčēnje
lang: Sicilian
word: flussu
lang: Slovak
word: prúd
lang: Slovak
word: tok
lang: Slovene
word: tok
lang: Spanish
word: flujo
lang: Sundanese
word: kucur
lang: Swahili
word: mkondo
lang: Swedish
word: ström
lang: Swedish
word: flöde
lang: Tamil
word: ஓட்டம்
roman: ōṭṭam
lang: Tatar
word: агыш
roman: ağış
lang: Telugu
word: ప్రవాహము
roman: pravāhamu
lang: Turkish
word: akış
lang: Turkish
word: seyelan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سیلان
roman: seyelân
lang: Ukrainian
word: течі́я
roman: tečíja
lang: Ukrainian
word: те́ча
roman: téča
lang: Ukrainian
word: плин
roman: plyn
lang: Ukrainian
word: плив
roman: plyv
lang: Ukrainian
word: поті́к
roman: potík
lang: Ukrainian
word: струм
roman: strum
lang: Uzbek
word: oqim
lang: Vietnamese
word: dòng chảy
lang: Dutch
word: een zijn met
lang: Finnish
word: ykseys
lang: German
word: Tätigkeitsrausch
lang: Greek
word: είμαι ένα με
roman: eímai éna me
lang: Russian
word: вовлечённость
roman: vovlečónnostʹ
lang: Tamil
word: -ஓடு
roman: -ōṭu
lang: Tamil
word: ஒன்றாக
roman: oṉṟāka