flowing
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FLOWINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FLOWING flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#FLOWING.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#FLOWINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FLOWING
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#FLOWINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FLOWING
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Verb
flowingCategory:English non-lemma forms#FLOWINGCategory:English verb forms#FLOWINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with entries#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FLOWING
- present participle and gerund of flow
Noun
flowing (plural flowings)Category:English lemmas#FLOWINGCategory:English nouns#FLOWINGCategory:English countable nouns#FLOWINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with entries#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FLOWING
- The action of the verb to flow
- the flowing of the river
Adjective
flowing (comparative more flowing, superlative most flowing)Category:English lemmas#FLOWINGCategory:English adjectives#FLOWINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with entries#FLOWINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FLOWING
- Tending to flow.
- Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- a flowing dressCategory:English terms with usage examples#FLOWING
- flowing proseCategory:English terms with usage examples#FLOWING
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#FLOWING
Synonyms
- (tending to flow): fluent, streaming; see also Thesaurus:flowing
Hyponyms
Translations
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