flow

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flow/fləʊ/

▶verb

• 1 move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

• 2 (of the sea or a tidal river) move towards the land; rise. Compare with ebb.

• 3 move or issue forth steadily and freely.

  ■ (often as adj. flowing) hang loosely in a graceful manner: a long flowing gown.

• 4 (of a solid) undergo a permanent change of shape under stress, without melting.

▶noun

• 1 the action or process of flowing.

• 2 the rise of a tide or a river.

• 3 a steady, continuous stream: the flow of traffic.

• 4 Scottish a watery swamp; a morass.

– phrases
go with the flow informal be relaxed and accept a situation.
in full flow talking or performing fluently and enthusiastically.

– derivatives
flowingly adverb.

– origin OE flōwan, of Gmc origin; rel. to flood.