Home › Words › I › inrunninginrunninginrunning means running or flowing inward.EtymologyFrom in- + running.adjRunning or flowing inward.e.g.“an inrunning current has at last become enabled to flow out by its old path again” — 1890, William James, The Principles of Psychology, Chapter 2:nounThe act or the place of entrancean inlet.e.g.“And Lancelot answer'd nothing, but he went, / And at the inrunning of a little brook / Sat by the river in a cove” — 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 220:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.inpouring 71% match — An inward flow vs inrunning →incurrent 70% match — Carrying inward; relating to an inward current. vs inrunning →influxive 68% match — Having a tendency to flow inward. vs inrunning →instreaming 67% match — A flowing in; influx. vs inrunning →irruent 66% match — rushing, moving quickly, especially inwards vs inrunning →ingoing 66% match — going in; entering vs inrunning →byrunning 65% match — Going by; passing; current. vs inrunning →instream 65% match — To flow or stream in; flow or stream into. vs inrunning →