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Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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  1. a. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.
  2. a. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.
  3. n. A current of water; a stream.
  4. n. A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
  5. adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement
  6. adj. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  7. 1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving. 2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
  8. A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.
  9. j:100 s. smooth and unconstrained in movement