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Flowing

adjective

Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. Synonyms: aerodynamic, sleek, streamlined.

noun

The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). Synonym: flow.

Flow

verb

Move or progress freely as if in a stream. Synonym: flux.

Move along, of liquids. Synonyms: course, feed, run. "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Cause to flow.

Be abundantly present.

Fall or flow in a certain way. Synonyms: fall, hang. "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

Cover or swamp with water.

Undergo menstruation. Synonym: menstruate.

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"Flowing" Quotes from Famous Books

... body is the critical moment when the matter begins to flow under the action of the pressure to which it is submitted, just as, e.g., ice at or below 0 may be liquefied by strong pressure. A brittle body is simply one which does not possess the property of flowing ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various

... The snoozing fire, and all the fields are still: Tranquil delight, no purpose, and no noise— Unless the slow wind flowing round the hill. 'Murry' (the kettle) dozes; little mouse Is rambling prudently about the floor. There's lovely conversation in this house: Words become princes that were slaves before. What a sweet atmosphere for you and me The people that have been here ...

— Georgian Poetry 1916-17 • Various

... Pilumnus, when he went to war. The drifts of Thracian snows were scarce so white, Nor northern winds in fleetness match'd their flight. Officious grooms stand ready by his side; And some with combs their flowing manes divide, And others stroke their chests and ...

— The Aeneid • Virgil

... 124 deg. 40' W., where they were disappointed in not finding a sufficiency of any kind of food for so large a company to subsist on. Their boats being very weak and leaky, they were hauled on shore and repaired. They found a gentle spring of fresh water, flowing out of a rock, at about half ebb of the tide, from which they filled their kegs. Three of the men chose to stay on the island, and take their chance for some vessel ...

— Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean • Marmaduke Park

... Through her identification with the industrial process she became, in fact, a property-owner. This result did not spring from the maternal system; but both this and the maternal system were the results of her bodily habit, and the social habits flowing from this. ...

— Sex and Society • William I. Thomas

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