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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Run off

Hello,

Does the word ''run off'' have a noun form or it has a verb form as well?

When plants are irrigated from above the surface, much water ovaporates or runs off.

Thank you in advance.
  

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Hello Runoff (also spelled with a hyphen - run-off) is a noun and it means the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc. • the water or other material that drains freely off the surface of something. But, in your sentence "When plants are irrigated from above the surface, much water evaporates or runs off", "runs off" is a phrasal verb.

— JohnParis

  • Hello Runoff (also spelled with a hyphen - run-off) is a noun and it means the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
  • • the water or other material that drains freely off the surface of something.
  • But, in your sentence "When plants are irrigated from above the surface, much water evaporates or runs off", "runs off" is a phrasal verb.
  • q=runoff
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Hello
Runoff (also spelled with a hyphen - run-off) is a noun and it means the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
• the water or other material that drains freely off the surface of something.

But, in your sentence "When plants are irrigated from above the surface, much water
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Thank you so much JohnParis for elaborate explanation.Emotion: rose Then we have a phrasal verb run off.
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