flowing

Verb

flow (third-person singular simple present flows, present participle flowing, simple past and past participle flowed)

1. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
   • Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
2. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
   • Wealth flows from industry and economy.
3. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
   • The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
4. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
   • […]in that day, that[…]the hils ſhall flow with milke,[…]a fountaine ſhall come forth of the houſe of the Lord,[…]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 3:18–18, signature Ffff3, verso, columns 1–2
5. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
   • a flowing mantle
6. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
   • The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

   Synonyms:

   come in, come up

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