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Water flows down the hill.
What does Flows mean?
Moves smoothly or steadily.
Dictionary definition
Moves smoothly like liquid, air, traffic, or ideas; also steady movements or streams.
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Flows in a sentence
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The story flows from one scene to the next.
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Flows can describe water, air, time, traffic, money, words, or ideas.
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What does flows mean?
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Which word is closest in meaning to flows?
Streams is close in meaning to flows.
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Which word is an antonym of flows?
Stops contrasts with flows.
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Partnoun, verb.
MeaningFlows means Moves smoothly or steadily.
ExampleExample: Water flows down the hill.
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Synonyms
Words like Flows
streamsMoves or runs steadily.
flowRelated word that supports the meaning of flows.
Antonyms
Opposite words
stopsCeases moving.
opposite ideaA contrasting idea to flows, depending on context.
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Word family
Flows word family
Base word
flows
noun
flowses
More than one flows.
verb
flowsed
Past form of flows.
verb
flowsing
Action form of flows.
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Hint for students
Flows means moves smoothly and steadily. It often describes water, but it can also describe ideas, traffic, or speech.
Common mix-up
Flows is not the same as floods. Flows means moves steadily; floods means covers a place with too much water.
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Write one sentence that shows flows without using the word flows. Example: The creek moves smoothly under the bridge. Clue words: creek, moves smoothly, under the bridge Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show smooth, steady movement?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The stream flows past the cabin." Why does flows fit better than stops?
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