flowing
Americanadjective
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moving in or as in a stream.
flowing water.
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proceeding smoothly or easily; facile.
flowing language.
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long, smooth, graceful, and without sudden interruption or change of direction.
flowing lines; flowing gestures.
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hanging loosely at full length.
flowing hair.
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abounding; having in excess.
a land flowing with milk and honey.
Other Word Forms
- flowingly adverb
- flowingness noun
- self-flowing adjective
- unflowing adjective
Etymology
Origin of flowing
before 950; Middle English flowynge, Old English flōwende. See flow, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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More money has also been flowing out of spot bitcoin ETFs lately, even if the magnitude has been relatively modest relative to the total assets under management, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch
The cash flowing in from online advertising gives Alphabet an advantage when it comes to investing in AI infrastructure.
From Barron's
All morning he’d felt like a pot on the stove, the water getting warmer and warmer, but when she said that, the pot boiled over, hot starchy anger flowing out of him.
From Literature
“When she’s fast and dominating,” says Harjo, her coach, “it looks literally like water flowing down the hill.”
"That money flowing up and down the system through the Venezuelan armed forces is fundamental to its cohesion," she said.
From BBC
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