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# inflowing

adjective (inflowing); also the -ing form of the rare verb «inflow»

«inflowing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Flowing in; coming into a place: inflowing water, inflowing air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#m1)
2. Arriving into a place in a stream: inflowing traffic, inflowing money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in geography and science about rivers, streams, tides and air coming into a lake, sea or room: «the inflowing streams feed the lake». In maths tank problems, the inflowing water fills the tank. Phrases: inflowing river, inflowing water, inflowing tide.

### Examples

- Several inflowing streams feed the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x1)
- The inflowing tide covered the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x2)
- Cold inflowing air came through the open window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x3)
- The inflowing water raised the level of the tank by 2 cm a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x4)
- The inflowing river brings mud into the bay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x5)
- Inflowing sea water made the river taste salty near its mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x6)
- While he prayed he bethought himself that he could get into the garden with a stream of inflowing water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/#x7)

### Note

Mostly a technical, describing word; everyday English says «water flowing in». Opposite: «outflowing». Noun: «inflow».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inflowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inflowing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inflowing.html) on Mova free.