flowing hair

Loose, windswept tresses

Flowing hair is hair that moves freely and gracefully, typically long enough to stream or ripple with movement or wind: Her flowing hair trailed behind her as she ran.

The phrase evokes romantic or idealized imagery—heroines in novels, models in shampoo commercials, figures in classical paintings.

Hair that flows is understood to be loose, healthy, and unrestrained.

Related

waves · soft waves · locks · streaming · billowing · lustrous · rippling · loose · tangled · shimmering · strands · sleek · golden · raven · curls · wispy · breeze · shampoo

Categories
Opposites
hair styling/restraint

flowing hairupdo

Hair arranged atop head

bun · chignon · French twist · ponytail · cornrows

hair texture/movement quality

flowing hairmatted hair

Tangled, compressed strands

frizzy hair · coarse hair · spiky hair · knotted hair · brittle hair

hair length/volume

flowing haircropped hair

Very short hairstyle

buzz cut · shaved head · baldness · short hair · crew cut

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G