Outpouring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  outpouring \out"pour`ing\, n.
     An unrestrained expression (of emotion, feeling); as, an
     outpouring of grief over the death of Princess Diana.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  outpouring
       n 1: a natural flow of ground water [syn: {spring}, {fountain}, {outflow},
             {natural spring}]
       2: a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a
          toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked
          him with an outpouring of words" [syn: {flush}, {gush}]
       3: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: {discharge}, {run}]
       4: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic
          communication (spoken or written) [syn: {barrage}, {onslaught}]
       5: a large flow [syn: {flood}, {overflow}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "outpouring":
     Niagara, abundance, affluence, ample sufficiency, ampleness,
     amplitude, avalanche, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness,
     bumper crop, cascade, cataract, copiousness, debouchment,
     defluxion, deluge, discharge, drain, drainage, effluence, effluent,
     efflux, effluxion, effused, effusion, effusive, emanation,
     exhalation, exhaust, extravagance, extravasated, exuberance,
     fertility, flood, flow, flowoff, foison, full measure, fullness,
     generosity, generousness, great abundance, great plenty, gush,
     gushing, landslide, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, lots,
     luxuriance, maximum, more than enough, much, myriad, myriads,
     numerousness, opulence, opulency, outbound, outburst, outfall,
     outflow, outflowing, outgoing, outpour, outrush, outward-bound,
     overflow, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty,
     prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion,
     quantities, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein,
     richness, riot, riotousness, runoff, scads, shower, spate,
     spouting, spurt, stream, substantiality, substantialness,
     superabundance, teemingness, tide, torrent, wealth