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OUTPOURING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large flow

Synonyms:

flood; outpouring; overflow

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:

discharge; outpouring; run

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"):

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:

flush; gush; outpouring

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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