flow
flow
floƊ
flow
/fləʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "flow"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāĻž

to move smoothly and continuously in one direction, especially in a current or stream
Intransitive
to flow definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tears flowed down her cheeks as she watched the emotional scene.
āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻļā§āϰ⧁ āĻŦāĻšā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something move or pass smoothly and continuously
Transitive: to flow a liquid somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used a pump to flow the water from the well into the tank.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧂āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻĄ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience or have one's menstrual cycle, during which blood and tissue are discharged from the uterus
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She began to flow a few days earlier than expected this month.
āĻāχ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cover something with water or another liquid
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They tried to block the water, but it continued to flow across the farmland.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϜāϞ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϜāĻŽāĻŋ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be present or available in large amounts
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Compliments flowed from the guests as they admired the host's beautiful home.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻŦāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāĻž

to move steadily and continuously from one place to another, often in large quantities
Intransitive: to flow somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tourists flowed into the city for the annual festival.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϧāĻžāϰāĻž

movement of a liquid in a continuous and steady manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flow of water from the river was particularly strong after the heavy rainfall.
āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϧāĻžāϰāĻž

the continuous and steady movement of a substance, such as gas, in a particular direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flow of oxygen through the ventilator kept the patient stable.
āϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ⧇āϟāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϧāĻžāϰāĻž

the smooth and continuous movement of electric charge through a conductor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flow of electricity through the circuit was interrupted by a blown fuse.
āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāωāϜ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

the volume of fluid moving past a point within a specific period of time

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They monitored the flow of oil in the pipeline.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϧāĻžāϰāĻž

the state of moving constantly and steadily
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Glaciers contribute to the flow of freshwater into the ocean.
āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻšāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
06

a continuous and unbroken stream or outpouring of liquid, gas, or other substance

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Smoke rose in a dark flow above the factory.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ

the smooth, continuous progression or unfolding of events or developments
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flow of current events suggests that political tensions will continue to rise.
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϘāϟāύāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āĻ‹āϤ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦ

the process of menstrual blood discharge from the uterus
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her flow typically lasts five days, with the first two being the heaviest.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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