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FLOWING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Synonyms:
flow; flowing
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flowing" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flowing"):
fountain; jet (an artificially produced flow of water)
ebb; reflux (the outward flow of the tide)
backflow; backflowing (a flow that returns toward its source)
air flow; airflow; flow of air (the flow of air)
current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))
freshet; spate (the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow)
overflow; overspill; runoff (the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity)
drippage; dripping (a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house))
discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)
flux; fluxion (a flow or discharge)
ooze; oozing; seepage (the process of seeping)
dribble; drip; trickle (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)
emission (the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe))
flush; gush; outpouring (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
rush; spate; surge; upsurge (a sudden forceful flow)
Derivation:
flow (move along, of liquids)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Example:
a streamlined convertible
Synonyms:
aerodynamic; flowing; sleek; streamlined
Classified under:
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb flow
Context examples:
A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.
(Compression pump, NCI Dictionary)
New findings using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that gullies on modern Mars are likely not being formed by flowing liquid water.
(Mars Gullies Likely Not Formed by Liquid Water, NASA)
This likely cryovolcano, a volcano formed bythe gradual accumulation of thick, slowly flowing icy materials, has prominent bright streaks on its flanks.
(Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity, NASA)
Typically, magnetospheres are shaped by the pressure of supersonic solar wind particles flowing past them.
(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)
A tooth restorative material that is formulated to create a loose, free-flowing mix.
(Flowable Composite, NCI Thesaurus)
A device that experienced problems due to sudden and momentary bursts of electrical current flowing between 2 objects at different electrical potentials.
(Device Electrostatic Discharge Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
Then lava stopped flowing and seismic vibrations ceased.
(Underwater volcano's fiery eruption captured in detail by seafloor observatory, NSF)
Often, the new kidney will start making urine as soon as your blood starts flowing through it.
(Kidney Transplantation, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Sir Nigel's trust, however, still frowned above the smooth-flowing waters of the Avon, very much as the stern race of early Anglo-Normans had designed it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In a minute I had my face under their bonnets, in contact first with Mary's soft cheek, then with Diana's flowing curls.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
