fountained

verb

Definition of fountainednext
past tense of fountain
as in spurted

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  1. flooded
  2. engulfed
  3. overflowed
  4. dripped
Verb
  • Young South Korean activists have flooded the streets of Seoul this week in massive protests calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In December, 2020, five years into the wildly popular online event, my Instagram and Twitter feeds were flooded with friends showcasing their Spotify data.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • This becomes especially apparent during action set pieces and whenever things are engulfed in flames that seem digitally crafted and animated at a distractingly different frame rate.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement The blaze engulfed more than 2,000 acres overnight, as crews contended with strong Santa Ana winds.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • User forums from this period overflowed with accounts of heartbreak, betrayal, accusations of gaslighting, and anguish.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For more than a week, trash cans overflowed.
    Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of overflowed
Verb
  • Mango juice dripped down his arm and pooled at his knobby elbows.
    Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Barrymore yelled as chocolate dripped down her chin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of dripped
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Thesaurus Entries Near fountained

fountain

fountained

fountainhead

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