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• ice|flow — «YS FLOH», noun. the flow of ice within a glacier: »boreholes deformed by iceflow (Science News Letter) …   Useful english dictionary

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• Ice dancing — is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976. As in pair skating, dancers… …   Wikipedia

• flow — [flō] vi. [ME flouen < OE flowan, akin to ON floa, to flood, OHG flouwen, to wash < IE base * pleu , to run, flow, fly > FLOOD, FLY1, FLEE, FLEET2, FLOAT, L pluere, to rain] 1. to …   English World dictionary