flowing
Noun
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The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) (synset 107420493)
is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingsubtypes:
- fountain, jet - an artificially produced flow of water
- ebb, reflux - the outward flow of the tide
- backflow, backflowing - a flow that returns toward its source
- air flow, airflow, flow of air - the flow of air
- current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- freshet, spate - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
- overflow, overspill, runoff - the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- drippage, dripping - a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- discharge, outpouring, run - the pouring forth of a fluid
- flux, fluxion - a flow or discharge
- ooze, oozing, seepage - the process of seeping
- dribble, drip, trickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- emission - the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
- flush, gush, outpouring - a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- rush, spate, surge, upsurge - a sudden forceful flow
same as: flow
Adjective
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Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow (synset 302245872)
"a streamlined convertible"similar to: smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
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