downrush en · NOUN
Etymology
From down- + rush.
Meanings
- A rushing down.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| downrushes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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downrush en · VERB
Etymology
From down- + rush.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
[...] For there is death in the sound of it, and a glamorous fatality, like silver pennons downrushing at sunset, or a dying fall of horns along the road to Roncevaux.
1989, Michel Gresset, Fascination: Faulkner's fiction, 1919-1936:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| downrushed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| downrushed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| downrushing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| downrushes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |