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gush
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- pronunciation:
- guhsh
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
gushes, gushing, gushed |
| definition 1: |
to flood out abundantly and with considerable force, as a liquid being released from compression; spurt.
Water gushed from the open fire hydrant.- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- belch, erupt, flow, flush, issue, overflow, pour, run, rush, squirt, stream, surge, swell, vent, well
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| definition 2: |
to speak in an exaggeratedly emotional or enthusiastic manner.
"I love all of your movies!" she gushed when introduced to the director.- synonyms:
- emote, sentimentalize
- similar words:
- bubble over, effervesce
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| definition 3: |
to experience a sudden, abundant, or violent outpouring, as of tears.
- synonyms:
- flood
- similar words:
- burst, flow, overflow, stream, surge, swell
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| related words: |
cascade, course, drip, escape, jet, leak, rave, start |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to emit in a sudden or abundant outflow; spurt.
The deep wound gushed blood.- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- erupt, overflow, pour, squirt, stream, vent, well
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| related words: |
babble, belch, jet, leak |
adverb + (v.)gush
deep, fairly, instantly
(v.)gush
+ adverb
everywhere, forth, over
(v.)gush
+ noun
bowel,
canyon,
cash,
ceiling,
cheek,
chest,
chin,
cliff,
creek,
faucet,
flood,
foot,
forehead,
gallon,
glacier,
gratitude,
hole,
ink,
neck,
nose,
ocean,
pool,
praise,
pump,
sweat,
tank,
tap,
throat,
tourist,
wave,
wound
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an abrupt, abundant, or forceful outflow.
- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- effusion, flow, flush, overflow, pour, stream, surge, swell, torrent
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| definition 2: |
a fluid emitted in a gush.
- synonyms:
- jet, spout, spurt
- similar words:
- effusion, flow, overflow, pour, stream, swell, torrent
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| definition 3: |
an exaggerated display of unreserved emotional or sentimental language.
- similar words:
- ebullition, effusion, flush, mush
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| related words: |
belch, burst, issue, jet, leak, outburst, wave |
adjective + (n.)gush
bloody, current, expected, fresh, great, green, hot, huge, single, sudden, upward, warm, wide
verb + (n.)gush
bring, burst, erupt, experience, flow, hit, ooze, pour, press, release, roar, spill
noun + (n.)gush
air, anger, blood, bubble, fluid, ground, liquid, mouth, neighbor, oil, pipe, product, settler, smoke, spring, water, wind, window
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| derivation: |
gushingly (adv.) |
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