Outflow

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outflow \Out"flow`\, n.
     A flowing out; efflux.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Outflow \Out*flow"\, v. i.
     To flow out. --Campbell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outflow
       n 1: the unwanted 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" [syn: {escape}, {leak}, {leakage}]
       2: the process of flowing out [syn: {effluence}, {efflux}]
          [ant: {inflow}, {inflow}]
       3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: {spring}, {fountain}, {outpouring},
           {natural spring}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "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