inrushing

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adjective

Moving towards or into.

“Inrushing winds fanned a firestorm.”

OriginEnglish rushing ← Middle English in- ← Old English in- →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Moving towards or into.

    Inrushing winds fanned a firestorm.

nouninrushing (plural inrushings)

plural inrushings

  1. A rushing inward.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishrushing
  7. Englishinrushing

From in- + rushing.

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Cite this entry
APA

inrushing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inrushing

MLA

“inrushing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inrushing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inrushing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inrushing.

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