outflowing

Moving away, leaving

Outflowing describes movement away from a source or center.

Water outflowing from a lake feeds downstream rivers.

Cash outflowing from a business represents expenses.

As a noun, an outflowing is such a discharge: the outflowing of refugees across the border.

The word emphasizes continuous movement outward, whether literal or figurative.

liquid

drainage

Liquid removal system

leakage · runoff · outpouring · oozing · exudation · trickle · draining · streaming · gushing · siphoning

release

liberation

Release from constraint

loosening · outpouring · expression · emanation · exuding · radiating · projection · streaming · issuing · emerging

emission

exhaust

Use up entirely

effluents · discharge · venting · expulsion · release · outgassing · plume · smokestack · industrial · atmospheric

overflow

flood

Overwhelming water overflow

inundation · torrent · excess · spillway · swamping · overrun · brimming · gush · rush · outpour

Opposites
direction of flow

outflowinginflowing

Moving inward

incoming · inpouring · inbound · inrushing · entering

movement relative to a boundary

outflowingentering

Going into a place

incoming · inward · returning · arriving · converging

accumulation vs dispersal

outflowingcollecting

Gathering items over time

accumulating · gathering · pooling · amassing · concentrating

Family

flow, flowing, overflow, overflowing, outflow, inflow, overflows, outflows, inflowing

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