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flow

 
/floʊ/ n [C usually sing]

Definition

movement of a liquid: This drug increases the flow of blood to the heart. fig. Music interrupted the flow of the conversation (= the regular exchange between speakers). earth science A flow is also large mass of material, such as lava (= melted rock from a volcano), that is flowing or has flowed in the past.
(Definition of flow n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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