"flume" meaning in English

See flume in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fluːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-flume.ogg Forms: flumes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flum}} Middle English flum, {{der|en|fro|flum}} Old French flum, {{der|en|la|flumen}} Latin flumen Head templates: {{en-noun}} flume (plural flumes)
  1. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. Translations (ravine or gorge, usually with water): kuru (Finnish), corgo [masculine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-flume-en-noun-PAaxwCzq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 27 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 27 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 65 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 26 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 61 26 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 26 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 25 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 64 26 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 26 10 Disambiguation of 'ravine or gorge, usually with water': 94 6
  2. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids. Translations (open channel): žlab [masculine] (Czech), kanava (english: channel) (Finnish), kouru (Finnish), ränni (english: trough) (Finnish), uittoränni (Finnish), flume [masculine] (French), canle [feminine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-flume-en-noun-e8~BcI-3 Disambiguation of 'open channel': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: log flume, up the flume

Verb

IPA: /fluːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-flume.ogg Forms: flumes [present, singular, third-person], fluming [participle, present], flumed [participle, past], flumed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English flum, from Old French flum, flun, from Latin flumen, from fluere (“to flow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flum}} Middle English flum, {{der|en|fro|flum}} Old French flum, {{der|en|la|flumen}} Latin flumen Head templates: {{en-verb}} flume (third-person singular simple present flumes, present participle fluming, simple past and past participle flumed)
  1. (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flume-en-verb--ax2kRar

Inflected forms

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