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flow (s) (noun), flows (pl)
1. The continuous movement of a liquid in one direction: While the couple sat beside the river, they watched the slow flow of water making its way through the meadow.
2. The line of vehicles or people that are moving or progressing freely as if in a stream: After work, Jill joined the slow flow of traffic proceeding along on the highway.
3. A supply of something that continues until it stops: In his science book, Mark read about the flow, or movement, of liquids, gas, or electrical charges.
4. A way of talking or thinking in an easy natural way, without any pauses or difficulties: Jill's mother couldn't stop the flow of excited descriptions of her daughter's last field trip to the zoo. 5. The movement of the ocean or the movement of a rising tide toward the land: It was amazing for the couple to watch the massive flow of the sea coming closer and closer to where they were standing on the shore.
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flow (verb), flows, flowing, flowed
1. To move freely from one place to another place in large numbers or amounts in a steady unbroken stream; as, a line of vehicles or people continuously moving: The mayor wants to develop measures that will allow traffic to flow freely even during 'rush hours'."
2. In physics, the continuous movement of a liquid in one direction or to move freely in one continuous mass; such as, fluids.
3. In physiology, to move through the veins and arteries of the body; a reference to the blood.
4. To be said fluently or to be expressed without hesitation and eloquently: The conversation started to flow when the subject of jobs was introduced by the company administer.
5. To be experienced very intensely, often in a way that is visible to other people: A wave of anger flowed throughout the audience when the congressman suggested increasing taxes.
6. To fall or to hang loosely and gracefully; such as, clothes or hair.
7. Oceanography, ocean or tidal water that moves toward the land as the tide rises.
8. In geology, to change shape gradually in response to pressure without the development of cracks or fissures.
9. Electric current passing continuously through something.
10. To move with a continual shifting of the component particles; such as, wheat flowing into a bin or traffic flowing through a tunnel.
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(Old English: flowan, to flow, to stream, to issue; to become liquid, to melt; to abound, to overflow)
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flow production (s) (noun phrase), flow productions (pl)
Very large operation on a unit which is continuously performed one after the other; mass production: Flow production normally involves conveyer belts where products are put together piece by piece.
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flow variable (s) (noun phrase), flow variables (pl)
1. An economic magnitude describing behavior that takes place over time and is therefore meaningful to a unit of time: Examples of flow variables in economics include: the value of exports (dollars per year), demand for foreign exchange (euros per day), and migration (people per month).

2. An activity that takes place over time: Income is a flow variable that occurs per week, per month, or per year.
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