flowen
Middle English
/ˈflɔu̯ən/
verb
Definitions
- To flow, stream, or issue; of liquids or fluids to move:
- To become affected by a flood or deluge; to be flooded or covered in liquid.
- To become high; to flow of the ocean's tidal motion.
- To be carried by water or carried in an analogous motion; to be propelled smoothly.
- (rare) To enjoy or utilise material goods or possessions
- (rare) To have a profuse amount or multitude of something.
- (rare) To appear of feelings
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flōwan (flow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (flow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flōaną
Gloss
flow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hubble flow English
- aflow English
- afterflow English
- airflow English
- antiflow English
- ashflow English
- autoflow English
- backflow English
- baseflow English
- byflow English
- coflow English
- conflow English
- contraflow English
- counterflow English
- crossflow English
- dark flow English
- deflow English
- downflow English
- earthflow English
- flow English
- flowability English
- flowable English
- flowage English
- flowant English
- flowcytometric English
- flowest English
- floweth English
- flowgram English
- flowgraph English
- flowgraphy English
- flowing English
- flowless English
- flowlike English
- flowline English
- flowmeter English
- flowmetric English
- flowmotion English
- flowrate English
- flowsheet English
- flowsnake English
- flowstone English
- flowthrough English
- flowtime English
- flowtop English
- flowy English
- foreflow English
- freeflow English
- geneflow English
- grainflow English
- hyperflow English
- inflow English
- interflow English
- lineflow English
- microflow English
- midflow English
- mindflow English
- mudflow English
- nanoflow English
- newsflow English
- nonflow English
- off-flow English
- outflow English
- overflow English
- rainflow English
- reflow English
- semiflow English
- slushflow English
- stemflow English
- stormflow English
- streamflow English
- subflow English
- superflow English
- throughflow English
- underflow English
- uniflow English
- upflow English
- uroflow English
- waterflow English
- wordflow English
- workflow English
- fluō Latin
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plōw- Proto-Indo-European
- fluir Portuguese
- *flōaną Proto-Germanic
- beflowan Old English
- beflōwan Old English
- flowan Old English
- flōwan Old English
- forþflowan Old English
- geflowan Old English
- geondflowan Old English
- oferflowan Old English
- oferflōwan Old English
- toflowan Old English
- biflowen Middle English
- flowyng Middle English
- overflowen Middle English
- flóa Old Norse
- *fluoien Old Dutch