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Flowed Flow Flowing Freely Began River Blood Lost

Word flow
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / fləʊ / NAmE / floʊ /
Example
  • she lost control and the tears began to flow.
  • it's here that the river flows down into the ocean.
  • blood flowed from a cut on her head.
  • this can prevent air from flowing freely to the lungs.
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flow

(verb)BrE / fləʊ / NAmE / floʊ /
  1. to move steadily and continuously in one direction
    • She lost control and the tears began to flow.
    • It's here that the river flows down into the ocean.
    • Blood flowed from a cut on her head.
    • This can prevent air from flowing freely to the lungs.
    • the electric currents flowing through the cables
  2. to move or pass continuously from one place or person to another, especially in large numbers or amounts
    • Constant streams of traffic flowed past.
    • Election results flowed in throughout the night.
    • They examined the way in which information flowed between the firm’s 300 employees.
  3. to develop or be produced in an easy and natural way
    • Conversation flowed freely throughout the meal.
    • We hope that the debate on this issue will continue to flow.
  4. to be available easily and in large amounts
    • It was obvious that money flowed freely in their family.
    • The party got livelier as the drink began to flow.
  5. to be felt strongly by somebody
    • Fear and excitement suddenly flowed over me.
    • He envied the affection that flowed between the boy and the old man.
  6. to hang loosely and freely
    • Her hair flowed down over her shoulders.
    • long flowing skirts
  7. to come in towards the land
    • opposite ebb
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ebb_2

    Extra Examples

    • Blood was still flowing from the wound.
    • Her long hair flowed in the wind as she ran.
    • Imported food aid continued to flow in.
    • In a good production of the play, the action and the words flow naturally.
    • Information flows continuously through the network.
    • One day seemed to flow into the next.
    • Some of these changes will flow directly from the legislation.
    • The best thing is when ideas flow in both directions.
    • The number of buyers has ebbed and flowed.
    • The river flows quite fast here.
    • The sea ebbed and flowed.
    • The songs flow seamlessly into one another.
    • We talked, and the conversation flowed freely.
    • Wine and beer flowed freely.
    • a small stream that flowed down the hillside
    • to get blood flowing to the brain
    • He lost control and the tears began to flow.
    • It’s here that the river flows down into the ocean.
    • The current flowing in a circuit is measured by connecting an ammeter.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they flow
    • he / she / it flows
    • past simple flowed
    • past participle flowed
    • -ing form flowing

    Word Origin

    • Old English flōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloeien, also to flood.
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