flowing

English

Etymology

From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

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Verb

flowing

1. present participle and gerund of flow

Noun

flowing (plural flowings)

1. The action of the verb to flow

   the flowing of the river

Adjective

flowing (comparative more flowing, superlative most flowing)

1. Tending to flow.
2. Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.

   a flowing dress

   flowing prose

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1], page R28:

     [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

Synonyms

• (tending to flow): fluent, streaming; see also Thesaurus:flowing

Hyponyms

• fast-flowing
• fastest-flowing

Derived terms

• flowingly
• flowingness

Translations

moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly

• Bulgarian: плавен (bg) (plaven), гладък (bg) (gladǎk)
• Esperanto: flua
• Irish: craobhach
• Latin: fluens
• Maori: paparōnaki
• Polish: potoczysty
• Russian: плавный (ru) (plavnyj), распущенные (ru) (raspuščennyje) (about hair)
• Scottish Gaelic: (speech) siùbhlach

Anagrams

• Wilfong, folwing, fowling, wolfing