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# spout

noun (a spout, spouts); verb (spout, spouts, spouted, spouting)

«spout» 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 spout is a short tube or lip on a teapot, kettle or jug that liquid is poured out of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#m1)
2. A spout is a strong stream of liquid, such as a whale's spout of water and air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#m2)
3. To spout is to come or send out liquid in a strong stream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#m3)
4. (informal) To spout is to talk a lot, often saying silly or boring things: «He spouts nonsense». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#m4)
5. «Up the spout» (UK, informal) means ruined or wasted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, the spout is the part of the teapot or watering can you pour from. In nature lessons, a whale's spout is the cloud of breath it blows out of its blowhole. In stories, a fountain spouts water. Informally, people complain that someone «spouts rubbish». Phrases: «water spout», «spout nonsense», «up the spout».

### Examples

- Tea poured from the spout of the teapot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x1)
- The watering can has a long spout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x2)
- We saw a whale's spout far out at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x3)
- Water spouted from the broken pipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x4)
- The fountain spouts water high into the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x5)
- He's always spouting nonsense about aliens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x6)
- The rain made all our plans go up the spout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x7)
- The fountains spouted forth the most delicious wine, and whoever bought a penny loaf at the baker's received six large buns, full of raisins, as a present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spout/#x8)

### Note

Noun is countable; verb is regular (spouted). «Spout nonsense» is informal and a bit rude about someone. «Waterspout» (one word) is also a tornado over water.

## In Jewish tradition

In Zechariah it means the golden pipes through which oil flows from the olive trees to the lamp.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the olive branches as God's chosen anointed ones, such as the governor and the high priest, who give light to Israel through God's spirit.

### Examples

- And I answered the second time, and said unto him: 'What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?' (Prophets ZEC.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spout/#x1)

### Note

Noun is countable; verb is regular (spouted). «Spout nonsense» is informal and a bit rude about someone. «Waterspout» (one word) is also a tornado over water.

## On Mova

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