Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast on foot |
| Synonyms: | abscond, amble, barrel, beat it, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, clear out, course, cut and run, dart, dash, decamp, depart, dog it, escape, flee, flit, fly, gallop, go like lightning, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, jog, leg it, light out, lope, make a break, make off, make tracks, pace, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, shoot, skedaddle, skip, skitter, smoke*, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, take flight, take off, tear, tear out, travel, trot, whisk |
| Antonyms: | stand, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slop, drop |
| Synonyms: | discharge, disgorge, dribble, drip, empty, flow, lose, overfill, overflow, overrun, overturn, pour, run, run out, run over, scatter, shed, spill over, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, stream, throw off, upset, well over |
| Antonyms: | clean up, pick up |
| Main Entry: | squirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze out liquid |
| Synonyms: | eject, emit, flow, jet, pour, spatter, spit, splash, splur, spray, sprinkle, spritz, spurt, stream, surge |
| Main Entry: | stream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow from |
| Synonyms: | cascade, continue, course, emerge, emit, flood, glide, gush, issue, move past, pour, roll, run, shed, sluice, spill, spout, spritz, spurt, surge |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Antonyms: | flow into |
| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wave; water movement |
| Synonyms: | ebb and flow, eddy, flow, gush, heave, lapping, murmur, roll, rush, spurt, surge, surging, sweep, swell, swirl, swishing, undulation |
| Main Entry: | transude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ooze |
| Synonyms: | bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop*, escape, exude, filter, flow, issue, leach, leak, overflow, percolate, perspire, seep, spurt, strain, sweat, swelter, transpire, trickle, weep, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Fluid in motion] Stream. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
stream (of water), (of air) [more].
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