spout
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or dischargedA tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
» Water spouted from the broken faucet.
Wasser strömte aus dem kaputten Wasserhahn hervor.
Вода хлестала из сломанного вентиля.
Вода сікла зі зламаного вентиля.
Meaning
8 sensesA tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap
Tülle, Ausguss, Schnabel
но́сикnósik, го́рлышкоgórlyško
A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
Ausfluss, Auslauf, Fluss
струя́strujá, пото́кpotók
A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.
A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.
A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
Blas
фонта́нfontán, струя́strujá
(Australia)A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.
- an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
Examples
24 sentencesWater spouted from the broken faucet.
Вода сікла зі зламаного вентиля. — uaspeaker
ruВода хлестала из сломанного вентиля. — Hellerick
deWasser strömte aus dem kaputten Wasserhahn hervor. — xtofu80
Water spouted from the broken tap.
Вода сікла зі зламаного вентиля. — uaspeaker
ruВода хлестала из сломанного вентиля. — Hellerick
deWasser strömte aus dem kaputten Wasserhahn hervor. — xtofu80
The spider went up the spout.
He loves to spout off trivia.
You must replace the cracked faucet spout.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spouFrom Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.
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