- drain|spout
- drain|spout «DRAYN SPOWT», noun.= downspout. (Cf. ↑downspout)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
drain|spout
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spout — [v1] spurt, emit cascade, discharge, eject, erupt, expel, exude, gush, jet, pour, roll, shoot, spill, spray, squirt, stream, surge; concept 179 Ant. drain spout [v2] talk forcefully boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, go on, gush, harangue … New thesaurus
drain — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave, blackmail, blanch, bleach,… … Moby Thesaurus
spout — Synonyms and related words: anabasis, ascension, ascent, avenue, babble, beak, belch, blab, blabber, blather, blether, blow open, blow out, blowhole, blowout, bond, bottomry, brash, break out, burst forth, burst of rain, burst out, carry on,… … Moby Thesaurus
drain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw off, empty, exhaust, leak, drip, dry up. n. outlet, spout, sewer, ditch, gutter. See water, use, dryness, egress, waste, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pipe or conduit] Syn. duct, channel,… … English dictionary for students
spout — v 1. spurt, squirt, gush, jet, spray; surge, flow, stream, pour; spurt, spit, spew, eject, discharge, debouch, disgorge, disembogue, pour out, Geol. ex travasate. 2.Informal. declaim, orate, Australian Sl. spruik, rant, rant and rave; harangue,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
up the spout — (Brit. informal) 1 my computer s up the spout.: See broken sense 3. 2 his daughter s up the spout.: See pregnant sense 1. → spout * * * Brit., informal 1) … Useful english dictionary
down|spout — «DOWN SPOWT», noun. a pipe that carries rain water from a roof to the ground or to a sewer or drain; drainspout … Useful english dictionary
wa|ter|spout — «WT uhr SPOWT, WOT », noun. 1. a pipe that takes away or spouts water, especially one used to drain water from a roof. 2. a rapidly spinning column or cone of mist, spray, and water, produced by the action of a whirlwind over the ocean or a large … Useful english dictionary
drainspout — /drayn spowt /, n. downspout. [DRAIN + SPOUT] * * * … Universalium
drainspout — /drayn spowt /, n. downspout. [DRAIN + SPOUT] … Useful english dictionary
