flow
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- noun
- /floʊ/
- The river's flow was strong after the heavy rains, making it dangerous to cross.
- water flow
- flow rate
- blood flow
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Watch on YouTubeBut in the brain, the blood flow will get re rerouted.
- But in the brain, the blood flow will get re rerouted.
- Weak heart, weak circulation, weak blood flow, weak brain.
- And in areas where you've got more gentle flows, you'll have more shield volcanoes.
- Lymphatic and liver flow as well would also be helpful.
- And then economy of motion is flow versus drag, right?
- OK, maybe it's not classic flow, maybe it's micro flow.
- They studied the velocity flows in the initial conditions.
Examples
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We observed the flow of the smoke rising steadily from the chimney.
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So please excuse me while I open up the flow of gas.
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It's Oh, that water flow is not good.
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And we need to stop this easy flow of guns into the wrong hands.
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It's about the safety of the flow from the entire region.
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First, the heat must be spread by fluid flow through pipes throughout the territory.
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Can't have the gas flow interrupted, or people's homes will go cold this winter.
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This water lubricates the flow of the glacier, right?
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The first was the steady south-by-southwest flow out of the Virginia and North Carolina tidewaters.
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The engineer monitored the flow of water through the pipes to ensure there were no leaks.
Synonyms
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A steady flow of water, air, or ideas
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The movement of air or water through a system
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A flow of liquid pouring out from a place
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A flow of liquid, often an unusual discharge from the body
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Compounds
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Money that comes into and goes out of a business or person during a period
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A liquid or gas moves in smooth layers that flow side by side with little mixing
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A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system
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A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program
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Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
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A steady flow of a liquid or gas where speed stays the same at every point
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A machine with spinning blades that lets air or water flow along the shaft
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A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips
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Etymology
Flow comes from an old English verb flōwan meaning 'to run' or move like water, and it shares the root flu- found in fluid and fluent; so a 'flow' is a steady movement of liquid or gas, just like water running in a stream.