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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.)
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a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells.
Knight.
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Flowing furnace
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a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.
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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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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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