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downrush

downrush verb: to rush down; rush downward.

Verb

downrush (third-person singular simple present downrushes, present participle downrushing, simple past and past participle downrushed)

  1. (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
    • [...] For there is death in the sound of it, and a glamorous fatality, like silver pennons downrushing at sunset, or a dying fall of horns along the road to Roncevaux.1989, Michel Gresset, Fascination: Faulkner's fiction, 1919-1936

Noun

downrush (plural downrushes)

  1. A rushing down.

Forms of downrush

Verb
third-person singular presentdownrushes
present participledownrushing
past participledownrushed
pastdownrushed
Noun
pluraldownrushes

Origin of downrush

From down- + rush.

Words formed from downrush

Questions about downrush

What does downrush mean?
Downrush means to rush down; rush downward.
What part of speech is downrush?
Downrush can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of downrush?
The past tense of downrush is downrushed.

Words near downrush in the dictionary

  1. downrightly
  2. downrightness
  3. downrights
  4. downriver
  5. downroute
  6. downrush
  7. downrushed
  8. downrushes
  9. downrushing
  10. downs
  11. downs and distances

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