flowing 音标拼音: [fl'oɪŋ]
a . 流动的,如流的,平滑的
流动的,如流的,平滑的
flowing adj 1 :
designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow ; "
a streamlined convertible " [
synonym :
{
streamlined }, {
aerodynamic }, {
flowing }, {
sleek }]
n 1 :
the motion characteristic of fluids (
liquids or gases )
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synonym : {
flow }, {
flowing }]
Flow \
Flow \ (
fl [=
o ]),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Flowed } (
fl [=
o ]
d );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Flowing }.] [
AS .
fl [=
o ]
wan ;
akin to D .
vloeijen ,
OHG .
flawen to wash ,
Icel .
fl [=
o ]
a to deluge ,
Gr .
plw `
ein to float ,
sail ,
and prob .
ultimately to E .
float ,
fleet .
[
root ]
80 .
Cf . {
Flood }.]
1 .
To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts ,
as a fluid ;
to change place or circulate ,
as a liquid ;
as ,
rivers flow from springs and lakes ;
tears flow from the eyes .
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2 .
To become liquid ;
to melt .
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The mountains flowed down at thy presence . --
Is .
lxiv .
3 .
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3 .
To proceed ;
to issue forth ;
as ,
wealth flows from industry and economy .
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Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions . --
Milton .
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4 .
To glide along smoothly ,
without harshness or asperties ;
as ,
a flowing period ;
flowing numbers ;
to sound smoothly to the ear ;
to be uttered easily .
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Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
To have or be in abundance ;
to abound ;
to full ,
so as to run or flow over ;
to be copious .
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In that day . . .
the hills shall flow with milk .
--
Joel iii .
18 .
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The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl . --
Prof .
Wilson .
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6 .
To hang loose and waving ;
as ,
a flowing mantle ;
flowing locks .
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The imperial purple flowing in his train . --
A .
Hamilton .
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7 .
To rise ,
as the tide ; --
opposed to ebb ;
as ,
the tide flows twice in twenty -
four hours .
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The river hath thrice flowed ,
no ebb between .
--
Shak .
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8 .
To discharge blood in excess from the uterus .
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Flowing \
Flow "
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Flow },
v .
i . &
t .
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Flowing \
Flow "
ing \,
a .
That flows or for flowing (
in various sense of the verb );
gliding along smoothly ;
copious .
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{
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 .
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136 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flowing ":
affluent ,
ascending ,
autograph ,
autographic ,
axial ,
back ,
back -
flowing ,
backward ,
balanced ,
calligraphic ,
cascading ,
chirographic ,
concinnate ,
concinnous ,
confluent ,
coursing ,
cursive ,
dangling ,
decurrent ,
defluent ,
dependent ,
depending ,
descending ,
diffluent ,
down -
trending ,
downward ,
drifting ,
easy ,
effortless ,
elegant ,
engrossed ,
euphonic ,
euphonical ,
euphonious ,
facile ,
falling ,
falling loosely ,
fluent ,
fluid ,
fluidal ,
fluidic ,
fluxible ,
fluxile ,
fluxional ,
fluxionary ,
fluxive ,
flying ,
going ,
graceful ,
graphic ,
graphoanalytic ,
graphologic ,
graphometric ,
gulfy ,
gushing ,
gyrational ,
gyratory ,
hanging ,
harmonious ,
holograph ,
holographic ,
hung ,
in longhand ,
in shorthand ,
in writing ,
inscribed ,
italic ,
italicized ,
juicy ,
liquid ,
liquidy ,
longhand ,
manuscript ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
measured ,
mounting ,
on paper ,
ordered ,
orderly ,
passing ,
penciled ,
pendent ,
pending ,
pendulant ,
pendular ,
penduline ,
pendulous ,
penned ,
pensile ,
pleasing ,
plunging ,
pouring ,
printed ,
profluent ,
progressive ,
racing ,
reflowing ,
refluent ,
regressive ,
retrogressive ,
rising ,
rotary ,
rotational ,
rotatory ,
running ,
runny ,
rushing ,
sappy ,
scriptorial ,
scriptural ,
serpentine ,
shorthand ,
sideward ,
sinking ,
sluggish ,
smooth ,
smooth -
sounding ,
soaring ,
streaming ,
stylographic ,
succulent ,
surging ,
surgy ,
suspended ,
sweet ,
swinging ,
symmetrical ,
tidal ,
tripping ,
up -
trending ,
upward ,
vortical ,
watery ,
weeping ,
written
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