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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rush, usually in liquid form |
| Synonyms: | arise, billow, climb, deluge, eddy, flow, grow, gush, heave, mount, pour, ripple, rise, roll, sluice, stream, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth |
| Main Entry: | tip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock over; cause to lean |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, capsize, careen, dump, empty, heel, incline, lean, list, overset, overturn, pour, recline, shift, slant, slope, spill, tilt, topple, topple over, turn over, unload, upend, upset, upturn |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | torrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy flow |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall |
| Antonyms: | drip |
| Main Entry: | void |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of; empty |
| Synonyms: | clear, deplete, discharge, dispose, drain, dump, eject, eliminate, emit, evacuate, flow, give off, go, pour, relieve, remove, throw out, vacate |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | give off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge |
| Synonyms: | beam, belch, effuse, emanate, emit, exhale, exude, flow, give forth, give out, issue, pour, produce, radiate, release, send out, smell of, throw out, vent, void |
| Main Entry: | sluice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream |
| Synonyms: | channel, douse, flume, flush, gate, gush, pour, soak, trough, valve, wash |
| Main Entry: | effuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off |
| Synonyms: | decant, diffuse, discharge, dispense, emanate, emit, flow out, give out, gush, pour, pour out, radiate, spread out |
| Main Entry: | ingurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gulp |
| Synonyms: | belt, bolt*, choke down, chugalug, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drop*, englut, engorge, gobble, guzzle, imbibe, inhale*, pour, quaff, scarf down, slop, slosh, stuff*, swallow, swig, swill, take in, toss off, wolf down, wolf* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pullulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teem |
| Synonyms: | abound, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolific, bear*, brim, bristle, burst, burst at seams, bustle, crawl, crowd, flow, grow, jam*, overflow, overrun, pack, pour, pour out, produce, prosper, rain, roll in, shower, superabound, swarm, swell*, swim in, wallow in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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