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Spurt

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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Manner of action 3

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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squish 76% connected

To crush or flatten something, often producing a squelching sound

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Broader term 7

Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Wet 76% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Narrower term 1

Spray 76% connected

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

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Derivationally related 8

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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Gusher 74% connected

One who gushes.

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Gusher 74% connected

One who gushes.

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Spirt 74% connected

Same as Spurt.

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Spirt 74% connected

Same as Spurt.

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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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Synonym 6

Forge 92% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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.

Gush 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jet 92% connected

Same as 2d Get.

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Spirt 92% connected

Same as Spurt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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

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Squirt 92% connected

To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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