outpouring
pronunciation
How to pronounce outpouring in British English:
UK [ˈaʊtpɔ:rɪŋ]
How to pronounce outpouring in American English:
US [ˈaʊtˌpɔrɪŋ, -ˌpor-]
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- Noun:
- a natural flow of ground water
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- a large flow
Word Origin
- outpouring (n.)
- mid-15c., "a pouring out," from out + infinitive of pour (v.). From 1757 as "action of pouring out," originally transferred, of things spiritual; sense of "that which is poured out" (again, usually transferred) is from 1827.
Example
- 1. Politicians added their voice to the outpouring .
- 2. Basically it is due to the virus causing an outpouring of mucus in the nasal passages and in the throat and phalanx .
- 3. It was hardly a spontaneous outpouring .
- 4. This isn 't some abstract outpouring of violence in a faraway land .
- 5. Others were wary of the outpouring of emotion at the singer 's death .