Adjective: flowing flow-ing
- Designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
"a flowing convertible";
- streamlined, aerodynamic, sleek
- (of clothes or hair) fitting or draping loosely
"She wore a flowing summer dress that caught the breeze beautifully";
- flowy [informal]
- Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously
"flowing prose"
- The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
"The flowing of the river was mesmerizing to watch";
- flow
- Move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave";
- run, feed, course
- Move or progress freely as if in a stream
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium";
- flux
- Cause to flow
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
- Be abundantly present
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"
- Fall or flow in a certain way
"Her long black hair flowed down her back";
- hang, fall
- Undergo menstruation
"She started flowing at the age of 11";
- menstruate
Derived forms: flowings
See also: smooth
Type of: be, bleed, cause, change of location, exist, get, go, haemorrhage [Brit, Cdn], have, hemorrhage [N. Amer], induce, locomote, make, move, shed blood, stimulate, travel
Encyclopedia: Flowing
Flow, Turbulence & Combustion