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downrushing

downrushing is the present participle and gerund of downrush.

Meaning of downrush

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

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Questions about downrushing

What is downrushing the present participle and gerund of?
Downrushing is the present participle and gerund of downrush.

Words near downrushing in the dictionary

  1. downriver
  2. downroute
  3. downrush
  4. downrushed
  5. downrushes
  6. downrushing
  7. downs
  8. downs and distances
  9. Downs cell
  10. Downs cells
  11. Downs process

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