[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/flow/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / flow # flow verb (flow, flows, flowed, flowing); noun (flow — uncountable; a flow) «flow» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#m1) 2. Of people, traffic or ideas: to move or come continuously: «The traffic flowed smoothly». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#m2) 3. Of hair or clothes: to hang down loosely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#m3) 4. A noun: a steady movement of something: the flow of a river, a flow of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#m4) 5. Of speech or writing: to sound smooth and natural. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#m5) ### In the lessons In science: liquids flow, solids don't (they keep their shape); water flows downhill because of gravity; rivers flow to the sea; electricity flows round a complete circuit; blood flows through veins and arteries; lava flows from volcanoes; flow charts in maths and computing. In safety: fast-flowing rivers are dangerous — never swim in them. Phrases: flow into, flow out, flow downhill, go with the flow, flow chart, blood flow, lava flow, ebb and flow. ### Examples - Rivers flow into the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x1) - Water flows downhill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x2) - Liquids can flow, but solids keep their shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x3) - Electricity flows through the wires when the circuit is complete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x4) - Don't swim in fast-flowing water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x5) - Blood flows around your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x6) - Her long hair flowed down her back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x7) - Make a flow chart to show the steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x8) - In and out of it flowed water like attar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/#x9) ### Note Regular verb: flowed. Don't confuse «flowed» (from flow) with «flown» (from fly) or «floor». «Go with the flow» = relax and accept what happens. ## In Jewish tradition Laws in Leviticus say a person with such a flow is unclean until evening and must bathe. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads these laws as about ritual purity, not about being dirty or sinful. Washing in water makes a person clean again. ### Examples - And whoso toucheth any one that is unclean by the dead; or from whomsoever the flow of seed goeth out; (Torah LEV.22.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x1) - And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x2) - And if the flow of seed go out from a man, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x3) - Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.' (Writings LAM.3.54, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x4) - The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. (Writings JOB.20.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x5) - He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow. (Writings PSA.147.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/#x6) ### Note Regular verb: flowed. Don't confuse «flowed» (from flow) with «flown» (from fly) or «floor». «Go with the flow» = relax and accept what happens. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «flow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«flow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flow.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «flow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«flow» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flow.html) on Mova free.