flow
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either…Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
» The stream flows into the pond.
Ручей впадает в пруд.
Струмок впадає у ставок.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
(countable, uncountable)The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
Fluss
тече́ниеtečénije, пото́кpotók
течі́яtečíja, те́чаtéča, плинplyn
(countable, uncountable)A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
(countable, uncountable)The rising movement of the tide.
Flut
прили́вprilív
(countable, uncountable)Smoothness or continuity.
The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
пла́вностьplávnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
(countable, uncountable)A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
(countable, uncountable)A mental state characterized by concentration, focus, and enjoyment of a given task.
(countable, uncountable)The emission of blood during menstruation.
Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
(countable, uncountable)The ability to skillfully rap along to a beat.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
(countable, uncountable)The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
login flow
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(Scotland)A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one.
Examples
395 sentencesThe stream flows into the pond.
Струмок впадає у ставок.
ruРучей впадает в пруд.
We have a cash flow problem.
We've got a cash flow problem.
We need to just go with the flow.
We have a bit of a cash flow problem.
ruУ нас небольшие проблемы с наличностью.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focusFrom Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse flói (“a large bay, firth”), see floe. Compare Scots flow (“peat-bog, marsh”), Icelandic flói (“marshy ground”).
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Forms
plural: flowsSynonyms
10 synonyms- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression:stream
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases):flowing
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time:flow raterate of flow
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas:streamcurrent
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously:stream
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause:menstruationmensesmenstruumcatameniaperiod
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
107 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- river flows
- the river flows
- river flows into
- flows into the
- flows through