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

Of a liquid, gas or electricity: to move along smoothly and steadily in one direction. tree →
Of people, traffic or ideas: to move or come continuously: «The traffic flowed smoothly». tree →
Of hair or clothes: to hang down loosely. tree →
A noun: a steady movement of something: the flow of a river, a flow of air. tree →
Of speech or writing: to sound smooth and natural. tree →

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 →
Water flows downhill. tree →
Liquids can flow, but solids keep their shape. tree →
Electricity flows through the wires when the circuit is complete. tree →
Don't swim in fast-flowing water. tree →
Blood flows around your body. tree →
Her long hair flowed down her back. tree →
Make a flow chart to show the steps. tree →
In and out of it flowed water like attar. tree →

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 →
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 →
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 →
Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.' (Writings LAM.3.54, JPS 1917) tree →
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 →
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 →

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: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «flow» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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