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spout

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life, Technologyspoutspout1 /spaʊt/ noun [countable] 1 πŸ‘ Image of spout
DTa small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through2 β†’ spout of water/blood etc3 β†’ up the spoutExamples from the Corpusspoutβ€’ I checked the half-and-half in my little refrigerator, sniffing at the carton spout.β€’ It begins churning ahead, blowing huge clouds of spray from its spout, and generating great foam in its wake.β€’ They had even devised a smoke pot which emitted from the spout.β€’ James poured, then held the spout of the jug over Cameron's glass.β€’ Use royal icing to glue the paper well into the spout.β€’ It was shaped like a coffee or teapot, with the spout at right handles to the handle.β€’ the spout of a teapot spoutspout2 verb 1 a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]POUR if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream SYN spurtspout from Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm. b) [transitive]SEND to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream a volcano spouting lava 2 (also spout off) [intransitive, transitive] informalTALK TO somebody to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way My father was spouting his usual nonsense! I hate it when he spouts off like that!spout about I’m tired of listening to Jim spouting about politics. 3 [intransitive]HBA if a whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its headβ†’ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusspoutβ€’ Ishmael says they are whales because they spout and have horizontal tails.β€’ Each ornamental fountain is designed to take a pump outlet so that water can spout from its mouth, shell or similar object.β€’ For batty to start spouting it makes you wonder.β€’ The car's radiator was spouting out steam.β€’ I read message after message spouting racist doctrines, discriminatory diatribes and personal attacks.β€’ Forbes can apparently spout the results of all presidential elections to the nearest decimal point.β€’ The enormous rounded oily back spouting up dirt and stones.β€’ When he was tired, he turned on his back, spouting water.spout fromβ€’ Oil continues to spout from the damaged well.spout aboutβ€’ I got a letter from some idiot spouting off about the work ethic.Origin spout2 (1300-1400) Middle Dutch spouten
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Verb table
spout
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theyspout
he, she, itspouts
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyspouted
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave spouted
he, she, ithas spouted
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad spouted
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill spout
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have spouted
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam spouting
he, she, itis spouting
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you, we, theyare spouting
Past
I, he, she, itwas spouting
you, we, theywere spouting
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been spouting
he, she, ithas been spouting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been spouting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be spouting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been spouting
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