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inrush en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪnˌɹʌʃ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English rush English inrush From in- + rush.

Meanings

1. A crowding or flooding in.
   • We found Pop Glossop in his pantry polishing silver, and put in our order. He seemed a little surprised at the inrush of such a multitude, but on learning that our tongues were hanging out obliged with a bottle of the best […] 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
   • As we swung around, the full force of the current caught us and drove the stern against the rocks; there was a thud which sent a tremor through the whole craft, and then a moment of nasty grinding as the steel hull scraped the rock wall. I expected momentarily the inrush of waters that would seal our doom; but presently from below came the welcome word that all was well. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
2. The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.

Forms

Deriveds

inrushing

Synonyms

surge

Translations (4)

ru наплы́в (a crowding or flooding in) · fi ryntäys (a crowding or flooding in) · bg наплив (a crowding or flooding in) · bg нахлуване (a crowding or flooding in)

inrush en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɪnˈɹʌʃ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English rush English inrush From in- + rush.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To rush in.
   • The Ocean, ready to inrush upon them. 1610, William Camden, translated by Philémon Holland, Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC:

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