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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the discharge of a fluid from some container;
- Example: "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"
- Example: "he had to clean up the leak"
[syn: escape, leak, leakage, outflow]

2. the process of flowing out;
[syn: outflow, effluence, efflux]

3. a natural flow of ground water;
[syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outflow \Out*flow"\, v. i. To flow out. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outflow \Out"flow`\, n. A flowing out; efflux. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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