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Gush

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

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Manner of action 2

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Pump 76% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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Broader term 11

Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Expression 76% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

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Manifestation 76% connected

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exh…

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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Narrower term 4

Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Explosion 76% connected

The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

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Flare 76% connected

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Springtide 76% connected

The time of spring; springtime.

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Derivationally related 10

Jet 74% connected

Same as 2d Get.

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Jet 74% connected

Same as 2d Get.

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Rave 74% connected

imp. of Rive.

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Rave 74% connected

imp. of Rive.

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Spout 74% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

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Spout 74% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

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Spouter 74% connected

One who, or that which, spouts.

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Spouter 74% connected

One who, or that which, spouts.

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Spurt 74% connected

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

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Spurt 74% connected

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

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Synonym 9

Ebullition 92% connected

A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

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Effusion 92% connected

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

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Flush 92% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jet 92% connected

Same as 2d Get.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outburst 92% connected

A bursting forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rave 92% connected

imp. of Rive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spirt 92% connected

Same as Spurt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spout 92% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spurt 92% connected

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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