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Noun (1)

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)Synonyms: flowType of change of location, travelKinds current, rush, flux, overflow, airflow, seepage, fountain, dripping, drip, backflow +5 more

Adjective (1)

designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow“a streamlined convertible”Synonyms: streamlined aerodynamic sleekOpposite roughSimilar smooth

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Flow′ing adjective

That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.

Flowing battery Electricity, a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight, Edward Henry — Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. — Flowing sheet Nautical, a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Benjamin J. Totten

Flow′ing,

adjective & noun from Flow, intransitive & transitive verb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54