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"To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet."
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"(transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "adollar"
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "噴出"
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"word": "spriccel"
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "噴き出す"
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "내뿜다"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bunchulhada",
"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "분출하다"
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "korowhiwhi"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to gush",
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
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"roman": "výbrositʹ",
"sense": "to cause to gush",
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"word": "вы́бросить"
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"sense": "to cause to gush",
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"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to cause to gush",
"word": "spiter"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blikvam",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "бликвам"
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"roman": "šurvam",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "шурвам"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "rajar"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "dollejar"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴放"
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"roman": "pēnfàng",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "喷放"
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴"
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"word": "喷"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèng",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "迸"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèngshè",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "迸射"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴發"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pēnfā",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "喷发"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴出"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "pēnchū",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "喷出"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴薄"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pēnbó",
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"word": "喷薄"
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"word": "purskua"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "gicler"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "spritzen"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "zischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "schießen"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anavlýzo",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "αναβλύζω"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "qalákh",
"sense": "to gush",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קָלַח"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"alt": "ほとばしる, hotobajiru, とばしる, tobajiru",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "迸る"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"alt": "ふんしゅつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "funshutsu suru",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴出する"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukidasu",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "噴き出す"
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"roman": "sotguchida",
"sense": "to gush",
"word": "솟구치다"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "paratī"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "kotī"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "torohīhī"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "torohī"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
"word": "korohihī"
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"sense": "to gush",
"tags": [
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},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
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"word": "бры́згать"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bitʹ strujój",
"sense": "to gush",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "бить струёй"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"sense": "to gush",
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],
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"sense": "to gush",
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],
"word": "выбра́сывать струёй"
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"sense": "to gush",
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],
"word": "вы́бросить струёй"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "xlýnutʹ",
"sense": "to gush",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "хлы́нуть"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"roman": "struítʹsja",
"sense": "to gush",
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"ref": "1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265",
"text": "In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.",
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"(intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet."
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"sense": "brief gush",
"word": "purskaus"
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"sense": "brief gush",
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"sense": "brief gush",
"tags": [
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"word": "噴射"
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"sense": "brief gush",
"word": "puahiritanga"
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"perfective"
],
"word": "сде́лать рыво́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rvanútʹ",
"sense": "to make strong effort",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рвану́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make strong effort",
"word": "spurta"
}
],
"word": "spurt"
}
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