fountain

Plural: fountains

Noun

• a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
• a natural flow of ground water
• an artificially produced flow of water
• a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
• A natural source of water; a spring.
• An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
• The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
• A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
• A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
• A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
• A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
• A soda fountain.
• A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
• A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
• Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.

Verb

Verb Forms: fountained, fountaining, fountains

• To flow or gush forth like a fountain.
• To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Examples

• His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
• Lava fountained from the volcano.
• Points seemed to fountain from her plays, effortlessly filling the board.

Synonyms

fount, jet, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring, syke, wellspring

Related Words

argent, azure, bezant, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée, copper, counter-ermine, counter-potent, counter-vair, d'eau, d'huile, d'olive, d'or, de larmes, de poix, de sang, ermine, ermines, erminois, font, golpe, gules, guze, hurt, murrey, ogress, or, orange, pean, pellet, plate, pomme, potent, purpure, sable, sanguine, syke: barry wavy argent–azure, tenné, torteau, vair, vert

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