flow

(Inglese)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
2. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
3. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
4. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
5. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
6. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
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.
9. (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
10. (transitive) To cover with varnish.
11. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fləʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: flowe

Ereditato da inglese medio: flowen

Ereditato da inglese antico: flōwan

Affine saterfriesisch: flouje

Affine frisone occidentale: floeie

Affine olandese: vloeien

Affine norvegese: flo

Affine inglese: float

Affine norse antico: flói

Affine scozzese: flow

Affine islandese: 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.

Concetti

scorrere

fluire

flusso

corrente

🏃

affluire

colare

fiumana

affluenza

fiume

alta marea

portata

riflusso

corso d’acqua

defluire

deflusso

fluviale

versarsi

regola

scorrer

alluvione

viaggiare

allagare

ascensione

ascesa

colata

filtrare acqua

deambulare

🚶

ascenso

scorre

esondazione

affluso

fluidità

score-scolà

profluvio

rifluire

sboccare

sfogare

transitare

vagabondare

vagare

filone

camminare

🚶

andare

fluttuare

inondazione

mestruazione

pellegrinare

sinonimi

stream

current

run

pour

flood

flux

course

gush

trickle

drift

ooze

tide

flowing

leak

overflow

outflow

go

rush

circulate

drip

feed

move

drop

roll

spill

rise

river

exude

fall

spout

watercourse

pass

period

ooze out

menstruum

empty

menses

rising tide

influx

hang

spread

jet

spurt

catamenia

distil

high tide

flow rate

rivulet

menstruate

menstruation

Traduzioni

couler

fließen

fluir

flux

vloeien

correr

stromen

fluxo

strömen

fluir

écoulement

courant

corriente

fluir

flujo