OUTPOURING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outpouring mean? 

• OUTPOURING (noun)
  The noun OUTPOURING has 5 senses:

1. a natural flow of ground water

2. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

3. the pouring forth of a fluid

4. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

5. a large flow

  Familiarity information: OUTPOURING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTPOURING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural flow of ground water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fountain; natural spring; outflow; outpouring; spring

Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):

Fountain of Youth (a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again)

geyser (a spring that discharges hot water and steam)

hot spring; thermal spring (a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

flush; gush; outpouring

Context example:

she attacked him with an outpouring of words

Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):

springtide (a swelling rush of anything)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The pouring forth of a fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

discharge; outpouring; run

Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):

jet; spirt; spurt; squirt (the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid))

escape; leak; leakage; outflow (the discharge of a fluid from some container)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

barrage; bombardment; onslaught; outpouring

Context example:

a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake

Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A large flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

flood; outpouring; overflow

Hypernyms ("outpouring" is a kind of...):

flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outpouring"):

effusion (flow under pressure)

 Context examples 

Understanding how the Sun's constant outpouring of solar wind interacts with planetary environments is key to better understanding the very nature of how planets and their atmospheres evolve.

(Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind, NASA)

The third bonus that will come from the solar eclipse on December 25/26 is your possible outpouring of creativity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)