"flowing" meaning in English

See flowing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-flowing.wav , en-us-flowing.ogg Forms: more flowing [comparative], most flowing [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flowyng}} Middle English flowyng, {{af|en|flow|-ing}} flow + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} flowing (comparative more flowing, superlative most flowing)
  1. Tending to flow. Synonyms (tending to flow): fluent
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  2. Moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly, gracefully, or continuously. Translations (moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly): плавен (plaven) (Bulgarian), гладък (gladǎk) (Bulgarian), flua (Esperanto), craobhach (Irish), fluens (Latin), paparōnaki (Maori), potoczysty (Polish), плавный (plavnyj) (Russian), распущенные (raspuščennyje) (note: about hair) (Russian), siùbhlach (english: speech) (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-flowing-en-adj-XwpCL~rZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 44 1 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 43 54 0 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 64 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 50 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 52 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 44 50 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 42 57 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 44 50 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 41 58 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 50 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 52 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 61 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 43 49 3 5 Disambiguation of 'moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: streaming, flowing, fluid, fluminous, fluxive, free-flowing, onrushing, quick, running Hyponyms: fast-flowing, fastest-flowing, everflowing, transfluent Derived forms: flowingly, flowingness Related terms: runny

Noun

IPA: /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-flowing.wav , en-us-flowing.ogg Forms: flowings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flowyng}} Middle English flowyng, {{af|en|flow|-ing}} flow + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} flowing (plural flowings)
  1. The action of the verb to flow
    Sense id: en-flowing-en-noun-xAEZwmea

Verb

IPA: /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-flowing.wav , en-us-flowing.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English flowyng; equivalent to flow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flowyng}} Middle English flowyng, {{af|en|flow|-ing}} flow + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flowing
  1. present participle and gerund of flow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flow
    Sense id: en-flowing-en-verb-lurbK6iT

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "плавный"
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      "note": "about hair",
      "roman": "raspuščennyje",
      "sense": "moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly",
      "word": "распущенные"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "english": "speech",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "moving, proceeding or shaped smoothly",
      "word": "siùbhlach"
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