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1. Designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
   "a flowing convertible";
   - streamlined, aerodynamic, sleek
    
2. Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously
   "flowing prose"

1. The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
   - flow

1. Move or progress freely as if in a stream
   "The crowd flowed out of the stadium";
   - flux
    
2. Move along, of liquids
   "Water flowed into the cave";
   - run, feed, course
    
3. Cause to flow
   "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
    
4. Be abundantly present
   "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
    
5. Fall or flow in a certain way
   "Her long black hair flowed down her back";
   - hang, fall
    
6. Cover or swamp with water
    
7. Undergo menstruation
   "She started flowing at the age of 11";
   - menstruate

Derived forms: flowings

See also: be due, smooth

Type of: be, bleed, change of location, exist, flood, haemorrhage [Brit, Cdn], hemorrhage [N. Amer], move, shed blood, travel

Encyclopedia: Flowing