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# gush

verb (gush, gushes, gushed, gushing); noun (a gush, gushes)

«gush» 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. For a liquid to flow out suddenly and fast in large amounts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#m1)
2. A gush is a sudden fast flow: a gush of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#m2)
3. To talk with too much praise or excitement about something, in a way that can sound silly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#m3)
4. Things such as flowers can gush up, meaning they spring up quickly in large numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science (water, volcanoes, pipes) and stories (blood, tears, rivers); about people who praise too much. Phrases: gush out, gush from, a gush of water, gush about.

### Examples

- Water gushed out of the broken pipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x1)
- Oil gushed from the well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x2)
- A gush of cold air came in when the door opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x3)
- She gushed about how wonderful the film was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x4)
- Tears gushed down his cheeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x5)
- The river gushes over the rocks after rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x6)
- The violets gushed up along the wayside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gush/#x7)

### Note

Past: gushed. Gush is stronger and faster than flow or trickle. Gushing praise can be a bit too much or not quite sincere.

## In Jewish tradition

Used for blood or water pouring out, and also for the wicked pouring out proud words.

**Interpretation.** The water gushing from the rock recalls God's care in the wilderness, which tradition remembers at Passover and in the Psalms of praise.

### Examples

- They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily. (Writings PSA.94.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gush/#x1)
- He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places. (Writings PSA.105.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gush/#x2)
- And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. (Prophets 1KI.18.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gush/#x3)

### Note

Past: gushed. Gush is stronger and faster than flow or trickle. Gushing praise can be a bit too much or not quite sincere.

## On Mova

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