flowing
English
Etymology
From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing.
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
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Verb
flowing
Noun
flowing (plural flowings)
- The action of the verb to flow
- the flowing of the river
Adjective
flowing (comparative more flowing, superlative most flowing)
- Tending to flow.
- 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)[1], 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
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly
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