FLOWING
Dictionary entry overview: What does flowing mean?
• FLOWING (noun)
The noun FLOWING has 1 sense:
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Familiarity information: FLOWING used as a noun is very rare.
• FLOWING (adjective)
The adjective FLOWING has 3 senses:
1. (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
3. moving smoothly and continuously
Familiarity information: FLOWING used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLOWING (noun)
Meaning:
The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
flow; flowing
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)
flush; gush; outpouring (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))
emission (the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe))
dribble; drip; trickle (flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid)
ooze; oozing; seepage (the process of seeping)
flux; fluxion (a flow or discharge)
discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)
drippage; dripping (a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house))
overflow; overspill; runoff (the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity)
freshet; spate (the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow)
current; stream (a steady flow (usually from natural causes))
air flow; airflow; flow of air (the flow of air)
backflow; backflowing (a flow that returns toward its source)
ebb; reflux (the outward flow of the tide)
rush; spate; surge; upsurge (a sudden forceful flow)
• FLOWING (adjective)
Meaning:
(of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
Synonyms:
artesian; flowing
Context examples:
an artesian well / artesian pressure
Meaning:
Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Synonyms:
aerodynamic; flowing; streamlined; sleek
Context example:
a streamlined convertible
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Meaning:
Moving smoothly and continuously
Synonyms:
streaming; flowing
Context examples:
crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets / fan streaming into the concert hall
Similar:
moving (in motion)
