Thesaurus: flowing

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Flow
2. a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
3. a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.
4. adj. designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
5. n. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
6. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. -- Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. -- Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten. a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.
7. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb);gliding along smoothly; copious. Flowing battery (Elec.), a batterywhich is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid throughthe cell or cells. Knight.-- Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn,as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola.-- Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to thewind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten.
8. j:100 n the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) v move or progress freely as if in a stream v move along, of liquids v cause to flow v be abundantly present v fall or flow in a certain way v cover or swamp with water v undergo menstruation s designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow