Cause+to+flow

  • 111pour — [pôr] vt. [ME pouren < ?] 1. to cause to flow in a continuous stream 2. to emit, discharge, supply, utter, etc. profusely or steadily vi. 1. to flow freely, continuously, or copiously 2. to rain heavily 3. to rush in a crowd; swarm ☆ …

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  • 112spew — [spyo͞o] vt., vi. [ME spewen < OE spiwan, akin to Ger speien, Goth speiwan < IE base * (s)p(h)yēu > L spuere, to vomit, Gr ptyein, to spit] 1. to throw up (something) from or as from the stomach; vomit 2. to flow or cause to flow… …

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  • 113pour — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in a stream or shower. 2 tr. dispense (a drink, e.g. tea) by pouring. 3 intr. (of rain, or with it as subject) fall heavily. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by in,… …

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  • 114Diffuse — Dif*fuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diffusing}.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif = dis + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on …

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  • 115Diffused — Diffuse Dif*fuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diffusing}.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif = dis + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to …

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  • 116Diffusing — Diffuse Dif*fuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diffusing}.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif = dis + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to …

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  • 117Drain — (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained} (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of. [1913 …

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  • 118Drained — Drain Drain (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained} (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the… …

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  • 119Draining — Drain Drain (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained} (dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.] 1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the… …

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  • 120Drill — Drill, v. t. [Cf. {Trill} to trickle, {Trickle}, {Dribble}, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.] 1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. [R.] Thomson. [1913… …

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