"flowing" meaning in English

See flowing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ [US], /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-flowing.wav [UK], en-us-flowing.ogg [US] Forms: flowing [positive], more flowing [comparative], most flowing [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Moving or shaped gracefully or smoothly.
    Sense id: simple-flowing-en-adj-6JvNMiva

Verb

IPA: /ˈfloʊ.ɪŋ/ [US], /ˈfləʊ.ɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-flowing.wav [UK], en-us-flowing.ogg [US] Forms: flow [canonical], flows [third-person, singular], flowed [past], flowed [past, participle], flowing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|flow}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of flow.
    Sense id: simple-flowing-en-verb-QgZRTxDo
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          "text": "The stream is flowing down towards the river."
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