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flowing

flow·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [floh-ing]
    • /ˈfloʊ ɪŋ/
    • /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [floh-ing]
    • /ˈfloʊ ɪŋ/

Definitions of flowing word

  • adjective flowing moving in or as in a stream: flowing water. 1
  • adjective flowing proceeding smoothly or easily; facile: flowing language. 1
  • adjective flowing long, smooth, graceful, and without sudden interruption or change of direction: flowing lines; flowing gestures. 1
  • adjective flowing hanging loosely at full length: flowing hair. 1
  • adjective flowing abounding; having in excess: a land flowing with milk and honey. 1
  • verb without object flowing to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea. 1
See all 38 definitions of flowing

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Origin of flowing

First appearance:

before 950
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English flowynge, Old English flōwende. See flow, -ing2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Flowing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Flowing

flowing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for flowing

adj flowing

  • sinuous — having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
  • running — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
  • rolling — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
  • falling — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • full — completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.

adjective flowing

  • graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
  • curving — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • elegant — Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
  • abounding — to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
  • flooded — Filled with water from rain or rivers.

noun flowing

  • emanation — An abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source.
  • effluent — flowing out or forth.
  • issuance — the act of issuing.
  • exudation — The act of exuding.
  • effluence — the action or process of flowing out; efflux.
All 41 Synonyms of flowing

Antonyms for flowing

adj flowing

  • needy — in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
  • solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
  • trickling — to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.

adjective flowing

  • jerky — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
  • empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
All 5 Antonyms of flowing

Top questions with flowing

  • hydropower generates electricity when dams force flowing water past _____?
  • hydropower generates electricity when dams force flowing water past?

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  • cursive

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