gush1 verbgush2 noun
gushgush1 /ɡʌʃ/ verb 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINgush1
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 Probably from the soundVERB TABLE
gush
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | gush |
| he, she, it | gushes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gushed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gushed |
| he, she, it | has gushed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gushed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gush |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gushed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am gushing |
| he, she, it | is gushing | |
| you, we, they | are gushing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was gushing |
| you, we, they | were gushing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gushing |
| he, she, it | has been gushing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gushing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gushing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gushing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- "I just love your outfit," she gushed.
- A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
- Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.
- The knife wound was gushing blood.
- A couple of hundred yards downstream it gushes out below a ceremonial arch into the Brigach.
- As a torrent gushed inside, it knocked out much of her electrical system.
- He grimaced, as hot tears gushed from his eyes.
- His mouth flew open and out gushed a yellow liquid.
- Matters were complicated by Yorick's style: his consciousness did more than stream; it gushed.
- Oil gushed out and swirled around his feet.
- When tapped, they can gush year round without a pump.
THESAURUS► flow
Collocations if liquid flows, it moves in a steady continuous stream: · Blood flowed from his hand.· The river flows very quickly at this point.
► run to flow – used when saying that something flows in a particular direction: · Water was running down the walls of the room.· Sweat ran off his nose.· The river runs into the sea.
► come out to flow out of something: · You couldn't drink any of the water that came out of the tap.
► pour to flow in large quantities: · The rain poured down.· Blood was pouring from a wound on his head.
► gush to flow out quickly in very large quantities: · Water was gushing out at more than 3000 gallons a minute.
► spurt to flow out suddenly with a lot of force: · Oil was spurting from a small hole in the pipe.
► trickle to flow slowly in drops or in a thin stream: · Clare felt sweat trickling down the back of her neck.
► leak to flow in or out through a small hole or crack, usually when this is not meant to happen: · Oil was leaking from the engine.
► ooze to flow from something very slowly – used about blood or a thick liquid: · Blood was oozing from the wound.· Jam oozed out as she bit into the cake.
► drip to fall in drops: · Water dripped from the tap continuously.
► cascade to flow down the side of something in large amounts: · Water cascades down the hillside.
Longman Language Activatorwith lots of hills or mountains► flow if a liquid flows , it moves in a steady, continuous stream from one place to another: · The river flows more slowly here and it is safe to swim.flow into/out of/over: · From here, factory waste flows straight into the sea.· Tears flowed down her cheeks as she hugged her children.· Oil flowed from the tanker into the sea.
► come out if liquid comes out of a pipe, container etc, it flows out fairly slowly and in fairly small quantities: · When I turned on the tap a brownish liquid came out.come out of: · There's oil coming out of your engine.· I can't get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.
► pour if a liquid or substance pours out of something, large amounts flow out of it: pour out of/off/down etc: · Sweat poured down his face.· Water was pouring out of the release gates on the dam.· Rain poured through the open window, waking me again an hour later.· Lava from the volcano is pouring down the mountain towards the town.
► run if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows quickly and smoothly; if a tap is running , water is flowing out of it: · Who left the faucet running?run along/down etc: · Tears ran down her face.· A stream runs along the bottom of the field.
► leak if a liquid leaks from a container or pipe, or if a container or pipe leaks , the liquid comes out through a small hole or crack because the container or pipe is damaged: · I think the fuel tank is leaking.leak through/into/out of/from: · Water was leaking from a pipe in the bathroom.· Yoghurt had leaked out of the pot all over my lunchbox.
► drip if a liquid drips , it falls slowly and steadily, in drops: drip off/out/onto etc: · The blood was still dripping from the cut on his lip.· We stood under a tree, with rain dripping onto our heads.· Wax from the candle dripped on the tablecloth.
► ooze if a thick liquid, or a substance such as blood or mud, oozes out of something, it comes out of it slowly and steadily: ooze out of/from: · A mixture of mud and rainwater oozed out of the bottom of the bucket.· Blood was oozing from the wound.· Thick, sticky syrup oozes out of the tree trunk and is collected in buckets.
► gush if a liquid gushes from something, or if something gushes it, it flows or pours out very quickly in large quantities: · The knife wound was gushing blood.gush out/from/down etc: · Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.· A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
► trickle if a liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream: trickle down/into/out: · Blood trickled down the side of her face. · Water trickled out of the pipe.· The fire spread when burning gasoline trickled from the car toward other vehicles.
► squirt if you squirt liquid or it squirts , it is forced out of a narrow hole in a thin fast stream: · Kids were squirting each other with water pistols.squirt something on somebody/something: · He squirted some ketchup on his fries.squirt from/into: · The batter is squirted into round molds, then baked.
► spurt if a liquid spurts or something spurts it, it comes out of something quickly and suddenly and with a lot of force: · The knife hit an artery, and the wound spurted blood.spurt from/out of/into: · Oil from the spill spurted into the crystal waters of Prince William Sound.· Water spurted from the burst pipe.
► cascade to flow down something in large quantities: cascade from/into/down etc: · The walls of the cave are smooth, polished by the water cascading from above.· Water from the broken water main cascaded into a subway station.
WORD SETS► Illness & Disabilityabscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► blood gushes/streams
1a)[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a liquid gushes, it flows or pours out quickly and in large quantities SYN spurtgush out/from/down etc (=moves fast)· A man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► blood· The Count thrust his blade through Gorbad's massive chest and steaming green blood gushed over his armour.· The blood gushed out and he was thrown to the ground.· One bullet in the wrong place can cripple you for life or send your blood gushing on to the pavement.
► water· We redoubled our efforts to control the flood of water that gushes down our field from the mountains behind.· The dike around the shop complex had broken. Water was gushing in.· He would lend himself to a deluge; she would imagine water gushing into a basin.· SprinkIers were attached to hundreds of hydrants, and water was gushing everywhere.· If you fall in the water, just open your mouth and let the water gush in.· There are still 12 meters of chimney left, and now the hot water gushes out of one or two openings.· There was steam coming from beneath the bonnet of the stricken Audi, water gushing out like blood from a wound.· Richie quickly tried to jam a bucket underneath, but it was too late and filthy water gushed across the kitchen floor.
Water gushed from the broken pipe. He opened the door and smoke gushed out. b)[transitive] if something gushes a liquid, the liquid pours out quickly and in large quantities SYN spurt: The wound gushed blood.2[intransitive, transitive] to express your praise, pleasure etc in a way that other people think is too strong: ‘I simply loved your book,’ she gushed.3 (also gush out) [intransitive] if words or emotions gush out, you suddenly express them very strongly: All that pent-up frustration gushed out in a torrent of abuse.gush1 verbgush2 noun
gushgush2 noun ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Collocations- A sudden gush of liquid spurted out of the plant.
- It seemed as though a valve had burst inside her and a great gush of energy was being released.
- Jack, the gush, was crying.
- Maybe behind the gush there was something she wanted to say but wasn't brazen enough to bring out too openly.
- Miss Bates's gush of volubility is at last deflected and the visit concluded.
- There was a slight gush in her manner which gave the impression that she was the stupider of the two.
- This astonishing performance produced a gush of hyperbole.
- When he removed the thumb from his lips, Jackie half expected the puffiness to subside with a gush of escaping air.
- With each wave a gush of water spurted up into your armpit and slopped into the cabin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► blood gushes/streams
1[countable usually singular] a large quantity of something, usually a liquid, that suddenly pours out of something SYN spurt: (=moves fast)· A man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.
a gush of ice-cold water2a gush of relief/self-pity etc a sudden feeling or expression of emotion