What is the meaning of flowing?

noun

  • The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases.

verb

  • Move or progress freely as if in a stream.
    • usage: "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
  • Move along, of liquids.
    • usage: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • Cause to flow.
    • usage: "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
  • Be abundantly present.
    • usage: "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
  • Fall or flow in a certain way.
    • usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • Cover or swamp with water.
  • Undergo menstruation.
    • usage: "She started menstruating at the age of 11"

adjective

  • Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow.
    • usage: "a streamlined convertible"
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