I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood gushes/streams (= moves fast )
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A man was lying in the street with blood gushing from his head.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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The Count thrust his blade through Gorbad's massive chest and steaming green blood gushed over his armour.
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The blood gushed out and he was thrown to the ground.
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One bullet in the wrong place can cripple you for life or send your blood gushing on to the pavement.
water
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We redoubled our efforts to control the flood of water that gushes down our field from the mountains behind.
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The dike around the shop complex had broken. Water was gushing in.
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He would lend himself to a deluge; she would imagine water gushing into a basin.
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SprinkIers were attached to hundreds of hydrants, and water was gushing everywhere.
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If you fall in the water , just open your mouth and let the water gush in.
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There are still 12 meters of chimney left, and now the hot water gushes out of one or two openings.
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There was steam coming from beneath the bonnet of the stricken Audi, water gushing out like blood from a wound.
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Richie quickly tried to jam a bucket underneath, but it was too late and filthy water gushed across the kitchen floor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I just love your outfit," she gushed.
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A pipe burst in one of the apartments above, and water gushed down.
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Oil gushed from the hole in the ship's hull.
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The knife wound was gushing blood.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A couple of hundred yards downstream it gushes out below a ceremonial arch into the Brigach.
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As a torrent gushed inside, it knocked out much of her electrical system.
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He grimaced, as hot tears gushed from his eyes.
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His mouth flew open and out gushed a yellow liquid.
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Matters were complicated by Yorick's style: his consciousness did more than stream; it gushed.
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Oil gushed out and swirled around his feet.
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When tapped, they can gush year round without a pump.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A sudden gush of liquid spurted out of the plant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It seemed as though a valve had burst inside her and a great gush of energy was being released.
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Jack, the gush , was crying.
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Maybe behind the gush there was something she wanted to say but wasn't brazen enough to bring out too openly.
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Miss Bates's gush of volubility is at last deflected and the visit concluded.
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There was a slight gush in her manner which gave the impression that she was the stupider of the two.
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This astonishing performance produced a gush of hyperbole.
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When he removed the thumb from his lips, Jackie half expected the puffiness to subside with a gush of escaping air.
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With each wave a gush of water spurted up into your armpit and slopped into the cabin.