FLOW OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flow off mean? 

• FLOW OFF (verb)
  The verb FLOW OFF has 1 sense:

1. flow off or away gradually

  Familiarity information: FLOW OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOW OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow off or away gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

flow away; flow off

Context example:

The water flowed off from the pipe

Hypernyms (to "flow off" is one way to...):

discharge; empty (become empty or void of its content)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water flow offs

 Context examples 

If the slope of the ice shelf is sufficiently steep, the water may flow off the ice shelf to the ocean in large surface rivers, mitigating against any potential instability.

(Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to ‘flex’, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)