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flow

 
 
/fləʊ/ verb [I]

Definition

MOVEMENT If something such as a liquid flows, it moves somewhere in a smooth, continuous way: The river flows from the Andes to the ocean. Electric current flows down this wire.
TALK If words, ideas, or conversations flow, they continue in an easy and relaxed way without stopping: At dinner, the conversation flowed freely.
(Definition of flow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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