noun
Meaning 1
The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
outpouring
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
a large flow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flood, overflow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flow, stream
Narrower terms: effusion
noun
Meaning 3
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, onslaught
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: language, linguistic communication
noun
Meaning 4
the pouring forth of a fluid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discharge, run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flow, flowing
Narrower terms: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt, escape, leak, leakage, outflow
noun
Meaning 5
a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he heard the flush of a toilet
- there was a little gush of blood
- she attacked him with an outpouring of words
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flush, gush
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flow, flowing
Narrower terms: springtide
noun
Meaning 6
a natural flow of ground water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spring, fountain, outflow, natural spring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological formation, formation
Narrower terms: Fountain of Youth, geyser, hot spring, thermal spring
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English pouring English outpouring From out- + pouring.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: порой (poroj) — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Czech: odtok — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- French: déversement — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Greek: έκχυση (ékchysi) — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Greek: ξεχείλισμα (xecheílisma) — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Latin: fusio — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Russian: излия́ние (izlijánije) — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Spanish: efusión — sudden flowing of a large amount of something
- Spanish: derramamiento — sudden flowing of a large amount of something