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outflowing

outflowing adjective: flowing out.

Adjective

outflowing (not comparable)

  1. flowing out
    • Down over the headland, they came on a rock-strewn space of beach, and from that to the open sand-bar, still glistening from the outflowing tide, that blocked the sea's entrance to the lagoon.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 60

Noun

outflowing (plural outflowings)

  1. The act of something flowing out.
    • We are accustomed to connect the death of Christ with the outflowings of His mercy[…]1865, Alexander MacLeod, The judgment books, page 17

Forms of outflowing

pluraloutflowings

Origin of outflowing

From out- + flowing.

Questions about outflowing

What does outflowing mean?
Outflowing means flowing out.
What part of speech is outflowing?
Outflowing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near outflowing in the dictionary

  1. outflourishing
  2. outflow
  3. outflow boundaries
  4. outflow boundary
  5. outflowed
  6. outflowing
  7. outflowings
  8. outflown
  9. outflows
  10. outflue
  11. outflues

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