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

Wall Street prefers to look at bookings, a real-time view of the money flowing into the platform.

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Another significant reason, of course, is the river of money flowing into AI.

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The U.S.’s fiscal year has kicked off with a record amount of tariff revenue flowing into the Treasury, while the government shutdown slightly reduced spending.

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Perhaps the strangest sculptures in the show are a selection of flowing beards, symbol of maturity and wisdom, which derive from the long, lavish one the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi sported.

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Hundreds of billions of dollars are currently flowing into circular-financing agreements and capital expenditures.

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