"outfall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: outfalls [plural]
Etymology: From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|fall}} out- + fall, {{cog|nl|uitval||outburst, sally, eruption}} Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), {{cog|de|Ausfall||falling out, sally}} German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), {{cog|sv|utfall||sally, issue}} Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} outfall (plural outfalls)
  1. (obsolete) A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-outfall-en-noun-auJs0Xbx
  2. (dialectal) A quarrel; a falling out. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-outfall-en-noun-XxQUzfUX
  3. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
    Sense id: en-outfall-en-noun-6F42LrWK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flapped outfall, outfall sewer, sea outfall
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: outfalls [present, singular, third-person], outfalling [participle, present], outfell [past], outfallen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outfallen}} Middle English outfallen, {{prefix|en|out|fall}} out- + fall, {{cog|nl|uitvallen||to fall out, sally}} Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), {{cog|de|ausfallen||to fall out, lunge}} German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), {{cog|sv|utfalla||to fall out}} Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”) Head templates: {{en-verb|outfalls|outfalling|outfell|outfallen}} outfall (third-person singular simple present outfalls, present participle outfalling, simple past outfell, past participle outfallen)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-outfall-en-verb-5pDh8TxV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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