flow

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Fluss

Strömung

rinnen

Fließen

Strom

Durchfluss

Abfluß

Zufluß

eintauchen

in den Abgrund stürzen

in den Abgründ versinken

tauchen

unter Wasser gehen

unter Wasser kommen

untergehen

untertauchen

Stromgröße

ich flösse

Bach

Wasserlauf

hervorbrechen

plätschern

rieseln

Flüssig-Sein

Im-Fluss-Sein

wallen

ausfließen

ausströmen

filtern

filtrieren

sieben

gehen

laufen

reisen

spazieren gehen

umhergehen

wandern

münden

Duktus

fliessen

Tätigkeitsrausch

Durchströmung

durchfließen

durchschwimmen

hinüberschwimmen

vorbeiziehen

Flüsse

Ströme

Strom -s

Fluß Flusses

Fluß

Erguß

Hochwasserüberlauf

Wasserschwall

Überlauf

Überschwemmung

Aufstieg

Besteigung

Himmelfahrt

Schwall

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fləʊ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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