flowing has definitions from the field of hydrostatics
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[ adjective ] smooth and unconstrained in movement

Examples

"a long, smooth stride" "the fluid motion of a cat" "the liquid grace of a ballerina" "liquid prose"

Used in print

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

They know from their researches into television and the movies that knights in the middle_ages had beautiful flowing haircuts like Little_Lord_Fauntleroy , and only the villains had beards .

Related terms

graceful

2
[ noun ] the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Synonyms

flow

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

This has an interesting analogy with the assumption stated by Philippoff that `` the deformational mechanics of elastic solids can be applied to flowing solutions '' .

3
[ adjective ] (of liquids) moving freely

Synonyms

streaming

Examples

"a flowing brook"

Related terms

running

4
[ adjective ] moving smoothly and continuously

Synonyms

streaming

Examples

"crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets" "fan streaming into the concert hall"

Related terms

moving

5
[ adjective ] (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure

Synonyms

artesian

Examples

"an artesian well" "artesian pressure"

Related terms

subartesian

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