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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink fast |
| Synonyms: | belt, choke down, chugalug, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, englut, gobble, guzzle, imbibe, ingurgitate, inhale*, pour, quaff, scarf down, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, toss off, wolf down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom |
| Main Entry: | lavish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper, shower |
| Synonyms: | be generous, be wasteful, deluge, dissipate, expend, fritter, give, go through, heap, pour, run through, scatter, spend, spend money like water, squander, thrust upon, waste |
| Antonyms: | economize, hoard, limit, starve |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
| Synonyms: | advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out, flood |
| Synonyms: | brim, bubble over, cascade, cover, deluge, discharge, drain, drown, engulf, fall over, gush, inundate, irrupt, issue, jet, leak, overbrim, overrun, overtop, pour, run over, rush, shed, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spill, spill over, spout, spray, spurt, squirt, submerge, surge, swamp, water, wave, well, well over, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | perspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become wet with sweat |
| Synonyms: | be damp, be wet, break a sweat, drip, exude, get in a lather, glow, lather, pour, secrete, swelter |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | pump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw or push out |
| Synonyms: | bail out, blow up, dilate, distend, draft, drain, draw, draw off, drive, drive out, elevate, empty, force, force out, inflate, inject, pour, push, send, siphon, supply, swell, tap |
| Main Entry: | radiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off; scatter |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, branch out, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, give out, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, light up, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, ramify, send out, shed, shine, shoot out, spread, spread out, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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