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Spout

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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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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Narrower term 3

Gargoyle 76% connected

A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.

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Nose 76% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Nozzle 76% connected

The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.

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Broader term 7

Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Gush 74% connected

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

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Gush 74% connected

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

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Rant 74% connected

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

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Rant 74% connected

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

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Ranter 74% connected

A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

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Ranter 74% connected

A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

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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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Containing whole 3

Pipage 70% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Pipe 70% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Piping 70% connected

of Pipe

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Synonym 6

Gush 92% connected

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

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Jabber 92% connected

To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.

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Rant 92% connected

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

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Rave 92% connected

imp. of Rive.

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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.

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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