flow
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
Noun 4 meanings
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To move as a fluid from one position to another.
“Rivers flow from springs and lakes.”
To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
“Wealth flows from industry and economy.”
To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
“The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.”
To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
Etymology
From Middle English flowe, from the verb (see below). The psychology sense “state of focus” was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1975.
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FLOW at a glance
FLOW has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,059 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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