Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flowing

1 sense of flowing

Sense 1
flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
       => change of location, travel -- (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flow

7 senses of flow

Sense 1
flow, flux -- (move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 2
run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")
          Phrasal Verb-> flow from#1

Sense 3
flow -- (cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper")

Sense 4
flow -- (be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding")
       => exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?")

Sense 5
hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")

Sense 6
flow -- (cover or swamp with water)
       => flood -- (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")

Sense 7
menstruate, flow -- (undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11")
       => shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage -- (lose blood from one's body)

Antonyms of adj flowing

1 sense of flowing

Sense 1
streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek -- (designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible")

INDIRECT (VIA smooth) -> rough, unsmooth -- (having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face")

Similarity of adj flowing

1 sense of flowing

Sense 1
streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek -- (designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible")
       => smooth (vs. rough) -- (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror")

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