Meaning
11 senses(intransitive)To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.
fließen, rinnen
течьtečʹ, струи́тьсяstruítʹsja
текти́tektý
move along, of liquids
(intransitive)To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
Wealth flows from industry and economy.
(intransitive)To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
(intransitive)To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
(intransitive)To hang loosely and wave.
a flowing mantle
flowing locks
(intransitive)To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
(transitive)To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
(transitive)To allow (a liquid) to flow.
cause to flow
(transitive)To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
cover or swamp with water
(transitive)To cover with varnish.
(intransitive)To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Examples
395 sentencesThe stream flows into the pond.
Струмок впадає у ставок. — aandrusiak
ruРучей впадает в пруд. — fjay69
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. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English flowen, from Old English flōwan (“to flow”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English flowen, from Old English flōwan (“to flow”), from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plōw-, lengthened o-grade form of *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
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Forms
flows, flowing, flowed, flowedSynonyms
23 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- river flows
- the river flows
- river flows into
- flows into the
- flows through