flowing Definition

flow
verb, intr flowed, flowing

1. To move along like water.
2. Said of blood or electricity: to circulate.
3. To keep moving steadily.

Example: Traffic was not flowing well through the city centre
4. Said of hair: to hang or ripple in a loose shining mass.
5. Said of words or ideas: to come readily to mind or in speech or writing.
6. To be present in abundance.
7. Said of the tide: to advance or rise. Compare ebb verb 1.

noun

1. The action of flowing.
2. The rate of flowing.
3. A continuous stream or outpouring.

Thesaurus: flood, cascade, tide, stream, gush, wash, course, current, outpouring, plenty, plethora, deluge.
4. The rising of the tide.
5. old use, euphemistic
Menstruation.

Idiom: in full flow

Speaking energetically.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

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flowing
adj

1. Moving as a fluid.

Thesaurus: surging, streaming, cascading, teeming, prolific, gushing, brimming, abounding, fluent.
2. Smooth and continuous; fluent.
3. Falling or hanging in folds or waves.

Example: a flowing dress
Example: flowing locks

Derivative: flowingly
adverb