to flow
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1.6
- verb
- /floʊ/
- Historically, in Latin America, knowledge has flowed from the "lettered city" outwards.
- information flows
- ideas flow
- let the ideas flow
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Watch on YouTubeNo, they've been more free flowing, lots of goals.
- No, they've been more free flowing, lots of goals.
- Once again, flows perfectly what you want to do.
- Billions of dollars a month flow into the blockchain via NFTS.
- Yeah, but I think Conan O'Brien, it just flows right through Conan.
- We do it by flowing around loops of the graph.
- When your needs are met, things flow freely.
- And the energy flows in a highly productive way.
- And then what whatever the politics flow from that.
- It says here videos that flow from the build.
- They easily they flow quick to join you in a fight.
- And so I'm going to flow, throw fuel on the fire.
Examples
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During the meeting, ideas began to flow freely as everyone felt comfortable sharing their thoughts.
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In short, the rule of law that flows from the separation of powers has preserved our freedom.
Academic text (2008) -
Become a valley, stop fighting against that structure against that fate, what have you... and everything will flow to you.
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As you get closer, space starts flowing in faster and faster.
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We will get the blood flowing.
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We considered essential services to be those flowing directly to the poor and providing immediate benefits.
Academic text (2012) -
I want to talk about how to flow in your improvising.
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I don't care who the president is; the information flows to the top.
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Often, conversation strayed from the guide, and discussion naturally flowed from topic to topic.
Academic text (2015) -
Current American attitudes toward Iran illustrate several consequences that commonly flow from the demonization of a foreign adversary.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
353
2.7
To let color or liquid spread and make marks
32
4.8
To move or flow steadily and smoothly through a place
31
1.5
Many people or animals move somewhere quickly in a steady stream
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
71
3.4
Money that comes into and goes out of a business or person during a period
- Specialized
1
6.4
A liquid or gas moves in smooth layers that flow side by side with little mixing
- Specialized
1
4.7
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system
- Specialized
1
3.8
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program
- Specialized
1
3.9
Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
- Specialized
1
5.2
A steady flow of a liquid or gas where speed stays the same at every point
- Specialized
A machine with spinning blades that lets air or water flow along the shaft
- Specialized
A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flow comes from old English flōwan and the root flu- (as in fluid), and that image of water moving helps explain why we say ideas or people 'flow' when they move freely and smoothly without stops.