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outfall

/ˈaʊtˌfɔl/

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outfall verb: to burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.

Verb

outfall (third-person singular simple present outfalls, present participle outfalling, simple past outfell, past participle outfallen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.

Noun

outfall (plural outfalls)

  1. (obsolete) A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
  2. (dialectal) A quarrel; a falling out.
  3. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
    • West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601
    • The rules focus primarily on two crucial operating features: seawater intakes and outfalls.2014 October 18, Matt Weiser, “Could desalination solve California’s water problem?”, in The Sacramento Bee, retrieved 20150315

outfall meaning in Bengali

outfall in Bengali

নগরীর প্রধান পয়ঃপ্রণালী

Forms of outfall

Verb
third-person singular presentoutfalls
present participleoutfalling
pastoutfell
past participleoutfallen
Noun
pluraloutfalls

Origin of outfall

From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).

From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”).

Words formed from outfall

Questions about outfall

What does outfall mean?
Outfall means to burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
What is outfall in Bengali?
Outfall in Bengali is নগরীর প্রধান পয়ঃপ্রণালী. See Outfall meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is outfall?
Outfall can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce outfall?
Outfall is pronounced /ˈaʊtˌfɔl/ (US).
What is the past tense of outfall?
The past tense of outfall is outfell.

Words near outfall in the dictionary

  1. outface
  2. outfaced
  3. outfaces
  4. outfacing
  5. outfake
  6. outfall
  7. outfallen
  8. outfalling
  9. outfalls
  10. outfame
  11. outfamed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outfall (page history and authors); outfall (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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