NOUN | object | outpouring, spring, fountain, outflow, natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
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event | outpouring, flush, gush | a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | |
event | outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid | |
communication | outpouring, barrage, bombardment, onslaught | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | |
act | outpouring, flood, overflow | a large / large flow |
Sounds | aw.tpao'rihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | A natural flow of ground water. | |
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Synonyms | spring, fountain, outflow, natural spring | |
Narrower | Fountain of Youth | A fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again |
geyser | A spring that discharges hot water and steam | |
hot spring, thermal spring | A natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above | |
Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
Spanish | brollador, emanación, fuente, fuente natural, manantial, surtidor | |
Catalan | brollador, deu, emanació, font, font natural, manantial, sortidor |
Meaning | A sudden rapid flow (as of water). | |
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Example | "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" | |
Synonyms | flush, gush | |
Narrower | springtide | A swelling rush of anything |
Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
Spanish | borbotón, oleada, oleaje |
Meaning | The pouring forth of a fluid. | |
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Synonyms | discharge, run | |
Narrower | escape, leak, leakage, outflow | The discharge of a fluid from some container |
jet, squirt, spurt, spirt | The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid / liquid) | |
Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
Spanish | caudal, descarga, efusión, vertido |
Meaning | The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). | |
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Synonyms | barrage, bombardment, onslaught | |
Broader | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
Meaning | A large / large flow. | |
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Synonyms | flood, overflow | |
Narrower | effusion | Flow under pressure |
Broader | flow, stream | The act of flowing or streaming |
Spanish | desbordamiento, inundación, riada | |
Catalan | inundació, negament, revinguda, riada, riuada |
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