flowing

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flowing
adj. streaming; moving along smoothly; hanging loosely (about hair, clothing, etc.); abounding, plentiful
 
flow
v. move along smoothly, stream; hang limply; overflow; rise; (Slang) rap, utter many words melodiously in a flow with little breaks, perform rap music

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Flowing
"Flowing" is a song by the group 311. It first appeared on the 1999 album Soundsystem, and was released as the second single from the album. It was included on 311's Greatest Hits '93-'03 album in 2004.

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flowing

Noun
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
(synonym) flow
(hypernym) change of location, travel
(hyponym) fountain, jet
(derivation) run, flow, feed, course

Adjective
1. smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
(synonym) fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth
(similar) graceful
2. (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure"
(synonym) artesian
3. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
(synonym) streaming
(similar) moving
4. (of liquids) moving freely; "a flowing brook"
(synonym) streaming
(similar) running(a)

 
flow

Noun
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
(synonym) flowing
(hypernym) change of location, travel
(hyponym) fountain, jet
2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
(synonym) flow rate, rate of flow
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) cardiac output
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
(synonym) stream
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) spill, spillage, release
4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(hyponym) slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
(synonym) stream
(hypernym) motion
(derivation) flux
6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
(synonym) stream, current
(hypernym) course, line
7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
(synonym) menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period
(hypernym) discharge, emission, expelling
(hyponym) menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea
(derivation) menstruate

Verb
1. move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
(synonym) flux
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate
(derivation) stream
2. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
(synonym) run, feed, course
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) flush
(see-also) be due, flow from
(derivation) stream
3. cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
(cause) run, feed, course
4. be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
(hypernym) exist, be
(derivation) flow rate, rate of flow
5. fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
(synonym) hang, fall
6. cover or swamp with water
(hypernym) flood
(hyponym) lave, lap, wash
(derivation) flowage
7. undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
(synonym) menstruate
(hypernym) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
(entail) ovulate
(derivation) menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period


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flow
v. proudit; téct; plynout; splývat

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flow
Czas. płynąć; przepływać; toczyć się wartko; spływać miękko; wionąć; upływać