flow

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
2. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
3. A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
4. The rising movement of the tide.
5. Smoothness or continuity.
6. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
7. A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
8. A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
9. The emission of blood during menstruation.
10. The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
11. The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.

Verb

1. To move as a fluid from one position to another.
2. To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
3. To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
4. To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
5. To hang loosely and wave.
6. To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
7. To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
8. To allow (a liquid) to flow.
9. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
10. To cover with varnish.
11. To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Konzepte

fließen

strömen

Flut

Strömung

Fluss

rinnen

Fließen

Durchfluss

Strom

Abfluß

Flüsse

gehen

hervorbrechen

Himmelfahrt

in den Abgrund stürzen

in den Abgründ versinken

laufen

🚶

münden

plätschern

reisen

rieseln

Schwall

sieben

7

spazieren gehen

Ströme

tauchen

Überlauf

Überschwemmung

umhergehen

untergehen

untertauchen

unter Wasser gehen

unter Wasser kommen

vorbeiziehen

wallen

wandern

Wasserlauf

Wasserschwall

Zufluß

Fluß

ich flösse

Durchströmung

Flüssig-Sein

Im-Fluss-Sein

Stromgröße

Erguß

hinüberschwimmen

fliessen

Duktus

Hochwasserüberlauf

Tätigkeitsrausch

Strom -s

Aufstieg

Fluß Flusses

ausfließen

ausströmen

Bach

Besteigung

durchfließen

durchschwimmen

🏊

eintauchen

filtern

filtrieren

Synonyms

stream

current

run

pour

flood

flux

course

gush

trickle

ooze

drift

leak

flowing

tide

overflow

go

drip

rush

feed

circulate

outflow

drop

spout

exude

spill

move

roll

river

rise

fall

menstruum

rising tide

spread

empty

catamenia

pass

menses

menstruate

period

watercourse

high tide

menstruation

hang

ooze out

rate of flow

influx

flow rate

rivulet

spurt

distil

jet

shower

🚿

jest

flowage

spread out

fluent

streaming

blow

surge

fluxion

effluence

tilt

tip

torrent

descend

discharge

do

turn

undulate

come out

brook

wander

play

pour out

gush forth

gutter

pour down

pour in

head

running

🏃

float

race

ramble

recline

regurgitate

retreat

run away

run off

sail

secretion

set

settle

settle down

shed

sieve

sink

smoothness

source

spill out

splash

spray

spring

stick out

strain

stretch

subside

swarm

sweep

swell

swim across

technological process

throng

to

stream forth

touch down

travel

trend

tributary

undercurrent

undertow

unhorse

unstable

walk

🚶

wash away

water course

water flow

way

zip

bubble up

cross-current

floodtide

move along

spring forth

trickle down

menstrual blood

be washed away

behaviour

jogging

water

🚰

inpouring

non-uniform flow

stream of water

end run

arise out of

act like milk

make flow

flow direction

variable flow

be directed towards

be flowing

let flow

fig. abound

abound

alight

appear

arise from

ascension

ascent

avalanche

be adrift

be full

bleed

🩸

boil

branch

brim over

circuit

circuitry

climb down

come

concourse

congestion

cross

deluge

drainage

draught

dropping

drown

easiness

ebb

ebb tide

effuse

effusion

emanate

emanation

empty out

end up

estuary

extend

filter

filtrate

flood tide

flow out

fluency

fluid

fly

✈️

freshet

full to the brim

galling

gang

get down

get off

glide

go away

gush out

hey

hike

increase

inflow

inpour

inrush

inundate

issue

juice

jump off

land

lave

lead

light

melt

mobile

movement

occurrence

oozing

origin

outlet

outpouring

parade

pass by

path

🛣️

prill

prolapse

purl

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fləʊ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: flowe

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: flowen

Inherited from Altenglisch: flōwan

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: flouje

Cognate with Westfriesisch: floeie

Cognate with Niederländisch: vloeien

Cognate with Norwegisch: flo

Cognate with Englisch: float

Cognate with Altnordisch: flói

Cognate with Schottisch: flow

Cognate with Isländisch: flói

In summary

From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.