| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate with water |
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douse, drench, drown, engulf, flood, flush, gush, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
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abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, disembogue, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exudate, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, pullulate, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, smooth along, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, well forth |
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trickle |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out |
Synonyms: |
burst, cascade, emanate, emerge, flood, flow, flush, issue, jet, pour, roll, run, rush, sluice, spew, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge, well |
Antonyms: |
trickle |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
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cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, let flow, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng |
| 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: | surge |
| 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 |
| Concept: | [Fluid in motion] Stream. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
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-nouns
stream (of water), (of air) [more].
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