gush
[verb]
Synonyms:
- flow, cascade, flood, pour, run, rush, spout, spurt, stream
- enthuse, babble, chatter, effervesce, effuse, overstate, spout
[noun]
Synonyms:
- stream, cascade, flood, flow, jet, rush, spout, spurt, torrent

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Related Words: flood, flush, emanate, issue, spring

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English Thesaurus: flow, run, come out, pour, gush, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. gush¹ /ɡʌʃ/ verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from the sound]

1.
a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a liquid gushes, it flows or pours out quickly and in large quantities Synonym : spurt
gush out/from/down etc
Water gushed from the broken pipe.
He opened the door and smoke gushed out.
b) [transitive] if something gushes a liquid, the liquid pours out quickly and in large quantities Synonym : spurt:
The wound gushed blood.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to express your praise, pleasure etc in a way that other people think is too strong:
‘I simply loved your book,’ she gushed.

3. (also gush out) [intransitive] if words or emotions gush out, you suddenly express them very strongly:
All that pent-up frustration gushed out in a torrent of abuse.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. gush² noun

1. [countable usually singular] a large quantity of something, usually a liquid, that suddenly pours out of something Synonym : spurt:
a gush of ice-cold water

2. a gush of relief/self-pity etc a sudden feeling or expression of emotion

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

flow if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream:
Blood flowed from his hand.
The river flows very quickly at this point.
run to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction:
Water was running down the walls of the room.
Sweat ran off his nose.
The river runs into the sea.
come out to flow out of something:
You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
pour to flow in large quantities:
The rain poured down.
Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
gush to flow out quickly in very large quantities:
Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force:
Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
trickle to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream:
Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
leak to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen:
Oil was leaking from the engine.
ooze to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid:
Blood was oozing from the wound.
Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
drip to fall in drops:
Water dripped from the tap continuously.
cascade to flow down the side of something in large amounts:
Water cascades down the hilllside.

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