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outflow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun outflow has 3 senses
- outflow(n = noun.event) escape, leak, leakage - the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" is a kind of discharge, outpouring, run
- outflow(n = noun.process) effluence, efflux - the process of flowing out; Array is a kind of flow
- outflow(n = noun.object) fountain, natural spring, outpouring, spring - a natural flow of ground water; Array has particulars: fountain of youth, geyser, hot spring, thermal spring
Antonym: inflow
is a kind of formation, geological formation
CIDE DICTIONARY
outflow, n.
A flowing out; efflux. [1913 Webster]
outflow, v. i.
To flow out. Campbell. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
outflow
affluence, afflux, affluxion, blow out, concourse, confluence, conflux, course, crosscurrent, current, defluxion, discharge, downflow, downpour, drain, drain out, drainage, drift, driftage, effluence, efflux, effluxion, effusion, empty, exhalation, exhaust, find vent, flow, flow out, flowing, flowoff, fluency, flux, gush, gush out, inflow, jet, mill run, millrace, money going out, onrush, onward course, outfall, outflowing, outgo, outgoings, outlay, outpour, outpouring, pour, pour out, race, run, run out, runoff, rush, set, sluice out, spate, spendings, spew out, spout, spout out, spurt, stream, surge, tide, trend, undercurrent, undertow, vomit forth, water flow, well, well out
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