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# fountain

noun (fountain, fountains)

«fountain» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fountain is a stream of water pushed up into the air, often as a decoration in a park or square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#m1)
2. A drinking fountain is a device that gives a small stream of water to drink from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#m2)
3. A fountain can mean a flow or rich source of something («a fountain of ideas»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, parks and squares have fountains; schools have drinking fountains (water fountains, or «bubblers» in Australia). In science, fountains show water pressure. Phrases: «drinking fountain», «water fountain», «fountain pen», «chocolate fountain».

### Examples

- We threw coins into the fountain and made a wish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x1)
- There's a drinking fountain by the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x2)
- The fountain shot water high into the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x3)
- Pigeons washed in the fountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x4)
- Dad writes with an old fountain pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x5)
- The party had a chocolate fountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x6)
- Don't climb in the fountain; the stones are slippery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x7)
- Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: «-tain» as in «mountain». Countable. In Australia a drinking fountain is often called a «bubbler». Not a number word.

## In Jewish tradition

It is a spring of water coming out of the ground, not a made fountain.

**Interpretation.** "Fountains of the deep" in the Flood story are read as the waters under the earth that burst open. Joseph's blessing as a vine by a spring is read as a sign of his fruitful life.

### Examples

- Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall. (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x1)
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x2)
- And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain. (Torah GEN.24.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x3)
- Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x4)
- Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. (Writings PRO.5.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x5)
- For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light do we see light. (Writings PSA.36.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: «-tain» as in «mountain». Countable. In Australia a drinking fountain is often called a «bubbler». Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fountain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fountain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fountain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fountain.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fountain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fountain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fountain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fountain.html) on Mova free.