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OUTPOURING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large flow
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):
flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):
effusion (flow under pressure)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
Example:
a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
Synonyms:
barrage; bombardment; onslaught; outpouring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The pouring forth of a fluid
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):
jet; spirt; spurt; squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))
escape; leak; leakage; outflow (the discharge of a fluid from some container)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A sudden rapid flow (as of water)
Example:
she attacked him with an outpouring of words
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):
springtide (a swelling rush of anything)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A natural flow of ground water
Synonyms:
fountain; natural spring; outflow; outpouring; spring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):
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)
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