1. (

• spring ,
• fountain ,
• outflow ,
• outpouring ,
• natural_spring

) a natural flow of ground water ;

2. (

• flush ,
• gush ,
• outpouring ,

) a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" ;

3. (

• discharge ,
• outpouring ,
• run

) the pouring forth of a fluid ;

4. (

• barrage ,
• bombardment ,
• outpouring ,
• onslaught

) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" ;

5. (

• flood ,
• overflow ,
• outpouring

) a large flow ;