flowed

Went like water

Flowed is the past tense of flow.

Liquids flow when they move smoothly and continuously: Water flowed from the tap.

Traffic, electricity, and conversation flow when they move without obstruction.

Ideas flow when they come easily: The words flowed onto the page.

Hair or fabric flows when it hangs loosely and gracefully.

abundance

poured

Made liquid flow out

surged · flooded · overflowed · brimmed · teemed · abounded · spilled · inundated · awash · plentiful

sensename

current

Directed flow of charge

  • streamSteady continuous flow
  • pourSend liquid streaming out
  • gushFlow out forcefully

rush · surge · trickle · cascade · ripple · eddy · course · run · spill · drain

continuity

sequence

Ordered succession of elements

consistency · cohesion · unity · continuity · seamless · unbroken · steady · sustained · ongoing · perpetual

ease

glide

Move with effortless continuity

  • driftGradual movement, no direction
  • waftDrift on air
  • floatBuoyant object or vehicle

sail · sweep · coast · meander · smooth · effortless · graceful · fluid · gentle · languid

speech

eloquence

Persuasive verbal grace

mellifluous · cadence · prose · narrative · rhetoric · discourse · monologue · dialogue · oratory · verse

Categories
Opposites
movement/motion

flowedstagnated

Ceased all forward movement

stopped · halted · stood still · ceased · pooled

tidal/cyclical motion

flowedebbed

Flowed back out

receded · withdrew · retreated · subsided · drained

smoothness/ease

flowedstuttered

Spoke with involuntary repetitions

sputtered · faltered · stumbled · jerked · halted

Phrases
Family

flow, flower, flowing, flown, overflow, flowery, flowering, flowered, flows

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