Meaning & use
Flowed
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Moved steadily and continuously, as a liquid or a stream of things does.
See it in a sentence
The river flowed gently past the old mill.
Ideas flowed easily once the brainstorming session began.
A note on using this word
The regular past tense of flow; unlike many short verbs ending in -ow, it does not shift its vowel sound.
Words with a similar meaning
streamedpoured
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Words with an opposite meaning
stagnated
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