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inrushes

inrushes is the plural of inrush.

Meaning of inrush

Noun

inrush (plural inrushes)

  1. A crowding or flooding in.
    • As we swung around, the full force of the current caught us and drove the stern against the rocks; there was a thud which sent a tremor through the whole craft, and then a moment of nasty grinding as the steel hull scraped the rock wall. I expected momentarily the inrush of waters that would seal...1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
  2. The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.

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Questions about inrushes

What is inrushes the plural of?
Inrushes is the plural of inrush.

Words near inrushes in the dictionary

  1. inruns
  2. inruption
  3. inruptions
  4. inrush
  5. inrushed
  6. inrushes
  7. inrushing
  8. inrushings
  9. inrō
  10. ins
  11. ins and outs

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