FLOW OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flow out mean? 

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

1. flow or spill forth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOW OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow or spill forth

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

effuse; flow out

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

emanate (proceed or issue forth, as from a source)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

Ions flow out, but large molecules stay in, causing water to flood into the cell and ultimately burst the cell from osmotic pressure.

(Classical Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It seemed to her that if she could lay her two hands upon that neck that all its strength and vigor would flow out to her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Furthermore, the Ca entering the cell is able to activate a Ca-activated Cl channel, which would allow Cl to flow out of the cell, thus further increasing the depolarization.

(Olfactory Transduction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The glaciers flow out from land to the ocean, with their leading edges afloat on the seawater.

(West Antarctic Glacier loss appears unstoppable, NASA)

If a supporting ice shelf were to melt away over a longer period of days or weeks, the scientists found, the remaining ice cliff wouldn't suddenly crack and collapse under its own weight, but instead would slowly flow out, like a mass of cold honey that's been released from a dam.

(Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to ice-sheet instability as much as predicted, National Science Foundation)

"Presumably, putting a few drops of a liquid with lower surface tension than water, like alcohol or vinegar, in the ear would reduce the surface tension force allowing the water to flow out," Baskota said.

(Shaking head to free water in ears could cause brain damage in kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)