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Adjective flowing has 4 senses
  1. flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth - smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
    Antonym: awkward (indirect, via graceful)
  2. artesian, flowing - (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure"
  3. flowing, streaming - moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
    Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
  4. flowing, streaming - (of liquids) moving freely; "a flowing brook"
    Antonym: standing (indirect, via running)
,Noun flowing has 1 sense
  1. flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
    --1 is a kind of change of location, travel
    --1 has particulars:
     fountain, jet; ebb, reflux; flood; backflow, backflowing; airflow, air flow, flow of air; current, stream; freshet, spate; overflow, runoff, overspill; dripping, drippage; discharge, outpouring, run; flux, fluxion; seepage, ooze, oozing; drip, trickle, dribble; emission; flush, gush, outpouring; rush, spate, surge, upsurge
    Derived form: verb flow2
,Verb flow has 7 senses
  1. flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
    --1 is one way to move
    Derived forms: noun flow5, noun flow3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. run, flow, feed, course - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
    --2 is one way to move
    Derived forms: noun flow3, noun flow2, noun flow1, noun flowing1
    Sample sentence:
    Water and oil flow into the bowl
  3. flow - cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
    Derived forms: noun flow4, noun flow3, noun flow2, noun flow1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. flow - be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
    --4 is one way to     exist, be
    Derived forms: noun flow2, noun flow1, noun flow4, noun flow3
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  5. hang, fall, flow - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s Adjective/Noun
  6. flow - cover or swamp with water
    --6 is one way to     flood
    Derived forms: noun flowage2, noun flowage3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  7. menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
    --7 is one way to shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
    Derived form: noun flow7
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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