earthflow

noun

Etymology

From earth + flow.

  1. derived from *plōw-
  2. inherited from *flōaną — “to flow
  3. inherited from *flōan
  4. inherited from flōwan — “to flow
  5. inherited from flowen
  6. formed as earthflow — “earth + flow

Definitions

  1. A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water,…

    A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for earthflow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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