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flow
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fl?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fl??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /flo?/
- Homophones: floe, Flo
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English flowen, from Old English fl?wan (“to flow”), from Proto-West Germanic *fl?an, from Proto-Germanic *fl?an? (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?w-, lengthened o-grade form of *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Compare float.
Noun
flow (countable and uncountable, plural flows)
- A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- (computing) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action. (Usually preceded by an attributive such as login or search.)
Synonyms
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:continuity
Antonyms
- (movement of the tide): ebb
- (continuity): See also Thesaurus:discontinuity
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- ebb and flow
- flowchart
- flowmeter
- freeflow
- single-flow
Translations
Further reading
- flow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Flow (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)
- (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
- Tears flow from the eyes.
- (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
- Wealth flows from industry and economy.
- (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
- , Dedication
- Virgil […] is […] sweet and flowing in his hexameters.
- (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- In that day […] the hills shall flow with milk.
- 1845, John Wilson, The Genius and Character of Robert Burns
- the exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl
- (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- a flowing mantle; flowing locks
- March 11, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
- the imperial purple flowing in his train
- (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
- (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
Derived terms
- flowable, reflowable
- free-flowing
- overflow
- underflow
Translations
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse flói (“a large bay, firth”), see floe. Compare Scots flow (“peat-bog, marsh”), Icelandic flói (“marshy ground”).
Noun
flow (plural flows)
- (Scotland) A morass or marsh.
References
- “flow, n.2.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
- “flow, v., n.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- Wolf, fowl, wolf
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flow/, [?flow]
Noun
flow m (plural flows)
- flow
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arise
English
Alternative forms
- arize (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English arisen, from Old English ?r?san (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzr?san? (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- +? rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German err?sen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irr?san (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???a?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
arise (third-person singular simple present arises, present participle arising, simple past arose, past participle arisen)
- To come up from a lower to a higher position.
- to arise from a kneeling posture
- To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
- He arose early in the morning.
- To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
- A cloud arose and covered the sun.
- There arose up a new king […] which knew not Joseph.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 454,
- Because Plato allowed them to co-exist, the meaning and connotations of the one overlap those of the other, and ambiguities arise.
Synonyms
- (come up from a lower positon): rise, spring, stand up
- (come up from one's bed): awaken; see also Thesaurus:wake
- (spring up; to come into being): appear, emerge, originate, pop up (idiomatic), reappear (resume existing), surface; see also Thesaurus:come into being
- (spring up; to come into action): come about, come to pass, occur; see also Thesaurus:happen
Related terms
- arisal
Translations
References
- arise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, raise, reais, serai
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: arisent, arises
Verb
arise
- first-person singular present indicative of ariser
- third-person singular present indicative of ariser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ariser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ariser
- second-person singular imperative of ariser
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