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DEBOUCH
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they debouch ... he / she / it debouches
Past simple: debouched
Past participle: debouched
-ing form: debouching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
Example:
The tributary debouched into the big river
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "debouch" is one way to...):
come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue (come out of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
March out (as from a defile) into open ground
Example:
The regiments debouched from the valley
Synonyms:
debouch; march out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "debouch" is one way to...):
march; process (march in a procession)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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