geyser
To rush or burst upward like water from a geyserTo (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
» Tourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
Touristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften.
Meaning
1 sensesTo (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
to overflow like a geyser
Examples
5 sentencesTourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
deTouristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The geyser goes off with hot water every two hours.
ruГейзер извергает горячую воду каждые два часа. — Balamax
The geyser sends up a column of hot water every two hours.
ruГейзер выбрасывает столб воды один раз каждые два часа. — Hellerick
The pressure from the geyser caused the water to shoot into the air.
Yellowstone Park has many thermal areas of geysers and mud pots.
Origin
From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in IcelandFrom Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned in English as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher
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Forms
geysers, geysering, geysered, geyseredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle