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flowing

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[floh-ing] / ˈfloʊ ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. moving in or as in a stream.

    flowing water.

  2. proceeding smoothly or easily; facile.

    flowing language.

  3. long, smooth, graceful, and without sudden interruption or change of direction.

    flowing lines; flowing gestures.

  4. hanging loosely at full length.

    flowing hair.

  5. abounding; having in excess.

    a land flowing with milk and honey.

Other Word Forms

  • flowingly adverb
  • flowingness noun
  • self-flowing adjective
  • unflowing adjective

Etymology

Origin of flowing

before 950; Middle English flowynge, Old English flōwende. See flow, -ing 2

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