Meaning

11 senses
  1. (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

  2. (intransitive)To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.

    Wealth flows from industry and economy.

  3. (intransitive)To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.

    The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.

  4. (intransitive)To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.

  5. (intransitive)To hang loosely and wave.

    a flowing mantle

    flowing locks

  6. (intransitive)To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.

    The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

  7. (transitive)To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.

  8. (transitive)To allow (a liquid) to flow.

    cause to flow

  9. (transitive)To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

    cover or swamp with water

  10. (transitive)To cover with varnish.

  11. (intransitive)To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Examples

395 sentences
  1. The stream flows into the pond.

    Струмок впадає у ставок. — aandrusiak

    ruРучей впадает в пруд. — fjay69

  2. We have a cash flow problem.

  3. We've got a cash flow problem.

  4. We need to just go with the flow.

  5. We have a bit of a cash flow problem.

    ruУ нас небольшие проблемы с наличностью. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to move as a fluid:
Русский
By meaning 1
to move as a fluid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to move as a fluid:

Origin

From Middle English flowen, from Old English flōwan (“to flow”), from Proto-West Germanic

From 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, flowed
Base formflow · to flow
3rd person singularflows
Present participleflowing
Past simpleflowed
Past participleflowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflow
he, she, itflows

Past simpleLesson

all personsflowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flowed
he, she, ithas flowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flow

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • river flows
  • the river flows
  • river flows into
  • flows into the
  • flows through

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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