flow

Meaning

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.

rising tide

menstruate

ooze out

rate of flow

flow rate

gush forth

swim across

technological process

stream forth

water course

cross-current

spring forth

menstrual blood

be washed away

non-uniform flow

stream of water

arise out of

act like milk

make flow

flow direction

variable flow

be directed towards

be flowing

let flow

fig. abound

arise from

be adrift

be full

flow out

full to the brim

gush out

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fləʊ/

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

Cognate with Dutch

vloeien

Cognate with English

float

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