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Webster 1913 Edition


Flowing

Flow′ing

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Adj.
That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
Flowing battery
(Elec.)
,
a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells.
Knight.
Flowing furnace
,
a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
Flowing sheet
(Naut.)
,
a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam.
Totten.

Flow′ing

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Adj.
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Noun.
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Flow
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Verb.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Flowing

FLOWING

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ppr.
Moving as a fluid; issuing; proceeding; abounding; smooth, as style; inundating.

FLOWING

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Noun.
The act of running or moving as a fluid; an issuing; an overflowing; rise of water.

Definition 2024


flowing

flowing

English

Verb

flowing

  1. present participle 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.
    • 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), 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.
    a flowing dress
    flowing prose

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