flowing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
    flow.
  2. verb move or progress freely as if in a stream
    flux; flow.
    • The crowd flowed out of the stadium
  3. verb move along, of liquids
    feed; flow; run; course.
    • Water flowed into the cave
    • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
  4. verb cause to flow
    flow.
    • The artist flowed the washes on the paper
  5. verb be abundantly present
    flow.
    • The champagne flowed at the wedding
  6. verb fall or flow in a certain way
    flow; hang; fall.
    • This dress hangs well
    • Her long black hair flowed down her back
  7. verb cover or swamp with water
    flow.
  8. verb undergo menstruation
    flow; menstruate.
    • She started menstruating at the age of 11
  9. adjective satellite designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
    aerodynamic; sleek; streamlined.
    • a streamlined convertible

WordNet


Flow"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. Totten.
Flow"ing
Definitions
  1. a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & v. t.

Webster 1913