flowing

[floh-ing]

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flowing¹

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

Example Sentences

As of 8 p.m. the westbound lanes were flowing, but the eastbound lanes will probably remain shut through the rest of the night, Sylvia said.

From Los Angeles Times

What is even more sobering is that these large, flowing bodies of ice can take decades to fully adjust to the rapidly warming climate.

From BBC

When the snowpack is gone by late summer, the glaciers that remain, often in the shadows of peaks, release meltwater that keeps streams flowing at the driest times of year.

From Los Angeles Times

With the help of sponsors Nike and Open Beer, drinks were flowing and the night was filled with surprises.

From Los Angeles Times

They signed a new technology partnership, which Starmer said would see billions flowing "both ways of the Atlantic".

From BBC

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