|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Adjective flowing has 4 senses
- flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth - smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
Antonym: awkward (indirect, via graceful)
- artesian, flowing - (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure"
- flowing, streaming - moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
- flowing, streaming - (of liquids) moving freely; "a flowing brook"
Antonym: standing (indirect, via running)
Noun flowing has 1 sense
- flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
--1 is a kind of change of location, travel
--1 has particulars: | | fountain, jet; ebb, reflux; flood; backflow, backflowing; airflow, air flow, flow of air; current, stream; freshet, spate; overflow, runoff, overspill; dripping, drippage; discharge, outpouring, run; flux, fluxion; seepage, ooze, oozing; drip, trickle, dribble; emission; flush, gush, outpouring; rush, spate, surge, upsurge |
Verb flow has 7 senses
- flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- run, flow, feed, course - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Water and oil flow into the bowl
- flow - cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- flow - be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
--4 is one way to exist, be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- hang, fall, flow - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- flow - cover or swamp with water
--6 is one way to flood
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
--7 is one way to shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
|