gushed
past simple and past participle ofgush
gush
verb
uk/ɡʌʃ/us/ɡʌʃ/gushverb(FLOW)
[Iusually+ adv/prep,T]
tofloworsendoutquicklyand inlargeamounts:
Oil gushed(out) fromtheholein thetanker.
Blood was gushingfromhisnose.
Herarmgushedbloodwhere theknifehad gone in.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
gushverb(EXPRESS)
[IorT]
toexpressapositivefeeling,especiallypraise, in such astrongway that it does notsoundsincere:
[+ speech]"You're just sotalented!" she gushed.
Praising and applauding
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- adulation
- cheer
- dispatch
- eulogistic
- eulogize
- eulogy
- exalt
- extol
- honour
- paean
- panegyric
- panegyrical
- panegyrist
- patsomeoneon the backidiom
- rave
- slap
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Exaggerating & playing down
Examplesofgushed
gushed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Now, lifegushedinto the dust; now, organised matter combined, and suddenly stood in front of the throne - the hideous camel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A pipeline on the jetty was fractured and hundreds of tons of crude oilgushedout into the estuary and burst into flames.
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The result was that when heavy rainfall occurred water did not follow its natural course, but literallygusheddown the steep roadway and flooded the unfortunate householder's property.
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Next to the mouth of the cave a carob tree sprang up and a spring of fresh watergushedforth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As soon as the ice was pierced, water from the underlying lakegushedup the borehole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When these bounced back upon him under the force of the thunderbolt, bloodgushedout on the mountain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Immediately, a fountain of holy bloodgushedfrom the site; the relic attracted many medieval pilgrims, enhancing the reputation of the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The uncontrolled oilgushedto a height of 52 m (170 ft), at a rate of 120000 oilbbl per day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It stamped its feet against the ground: miraculously, three springs of watergushedout from the ground where the donkey had stamped its feet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For a week the oilgushedunchecked at levels reported as high as 3,000 barrels per day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The soil was split in several places; greenish watergushedfrom the earth that emanated a smell like sulfur in the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The announcement of the final three tearsgushedout.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first oil well in the countygushedin 1935.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There, he jabbed a finger into the soil and the oilgushedout.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smoke and flamesgushedfrom the forward part of the ship and large pieces were thrown 200 ft into the air.
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- make allowance for
- make-allowance-for
- make allowances for
- make-allowances-for
- make-all-own
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noises
- make-all-the-right-correct-etc-noises
- make (all) the running
- make-all-the-running
- make-a-man-out-of
- make a man (out) of sb
- make-a-man-out-of-sb
- make a man (out) of someone
- make-a-mark-on
- make-a-meal-out-of
- make a meal (out) of something
- make a meal (out) of sth
- make-a-meal-out-of-sth
- make-a-mockery-of
- make a mockery of something
- make a mockery of sth
- make-a-mockery-of-sth
- make-a-monkey-out-of
- make a monkey out of sb
- make-a-monkey-out-of-sb