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Adjective gushing has 3 senses
- gushing, pouring - flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters"
Antonym: standing (indirect, via running)
- burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing - uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via lively)
- effusive, emotional, gushing, gushy - extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
Antonym: undemonstrative (indirect, via demonstrative)
Verb gush has 3 senses
- spurt, spirt, gush, spout - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
--1 is one way to pour
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- rave, gush - praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant"
--2 is one way to praise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue gush over the results of the experiment
- jet, gush - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"
--3 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
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