Flow | Mean of flow in English Dictionary

/ˈfloʊ/

• Verb
• to move in a steady and continuous way
1. rivers flowing into the sea
2. a gently flowing [=running] stream
3. She opened the faucet and the water began to flow freely.
4. a device that measures the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit
5. Excitement was flowing through the crowd.
• to move in a continuous and smooth way
1. Traffic has been flowing smoothly/steadily from east to west.
2. The grain flowed smoothly down the elevator chute.
• to move, come, or go continuously in one direction
1. Requests have flowed into the office.
2. Money has continued to flow in.

• to proceed in a smooth and easy way
1. Conversation flowed freely.
• to be drunk freely
1. The wine flowed freely throughout the evening. [=people drank wine throughout the evening]
• to hang down in a loose and graceful way
1. Her long hair flowed down over her shoulders.
• to be caused or produced by something
1. the wealth that flows from trade
• to move in toward the land
1. The tide ebbs and flows twice every 24 hours.
• Noun
• an act of flowing
1. a sudden flow of tears
2. a steady/smooth flow of traffic
3. The doctor was trying to stop/staunch the flow of blood.
4. We want to encourage the free flow of ideas.
5. the westward flow of settlers
6. We've been receiving a constant flow of phone calls.
• a large area of mud or some other material that is flowing or that was formed by flowing
1. a mud flow
2. an ancient lava flow [=an area of rock that was created by flowing lava]
• the amount of something that flows in a certain time
1. measuring blood flow to the brain
• to do things that do not agree with what most other people are doing
1. She has her own way of thinking and she's not afraid to go against the flow.
• to relax and accept what is happening without trying to change things or do something different or difficult
1. When I'm on vacation, I just like to take it easy and go with the flow.