Sekirov Dictionary

fountain

UK /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/US [ˈfaʊn.tn̩]

noun 11
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun11

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a stone or metal shape in a garden or a public place that throws water up into the air
- His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
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The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.
- As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note. — 1922
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A natural source of water; a spring.
- A little fountaine became a riuer, and there was light, & the Sunne, and much water: this riuer is Esther, whō the King married and made Queene. — 1611
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(figurative) A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).
- Nothing will please some Men, but Books stuff’d with Antiquity, groaning under the weight of Learned Quotations drawn from the Fountains: And what is all this but Pilfering. — 1700
A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
(figurative) Anything that resembles a fountain in operation.
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(US) A soda fountain.
- He takes out a soup bowl, fills it with Pepsi from the fountain, and places it carefully on the counter in front of the boy. “That'll be a quarter,” he says professionally. — 2014
(US) A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into.
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A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- They heard her rouse the sleeping servant, and with her enter the kitchen; then the noise of a fire being lighted and the fountain being filled came to the watchers. — 1907
A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.
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A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.
- Crest : A boar's head couped gold semy of fountains armed gules. Motto : REMIS VELISQUE. Granted by the College of Arms 1966. — 1928

verb1

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To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
- Lava fountained from the volcano.

forms

fountained · fountaining · fountains

Phrases with fountain

fountain of youth
Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.

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