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spurt | plethora | Related terms |

Spurt is a related term of plethora.


As a verb spurt

is .

As a noun plethora is

(usually|followed by of) an excessive amount or number; an abundance.

spurt

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
  • To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, / Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
  • With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
  • To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
  • ''The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
    ''The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.

    Synonyms

    * spirt * spout

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
  • a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
  • A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
  • The boss's visit prompted a brief spurt of activity.
  • * T. Hughes
  • The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt .
  • (slang) Ejaculation of semen. (rfex)
  • (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
  • (Holland)

    Derived terms

    * growth spurt

    plethora

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
  • The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
  • * Jeffrey
  • He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.
  • (medicine, archaic) An excess of red blood cells or bodily humours.
  • Quotations

    * 1849 , *: I pushed my seat right up before the most insolent gazer, a short fat man, with a plethora of cravat round his neck, and fixing my gaze on his, gave him more gazes than he sent. * 1927 , (The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction) *: Meanwhile other hands had not been idle, so that above the dreary plethora of trash like Marquis von Grosse's Horrid Mysteries ..., there arose many memorable weird works both in English and German.

    Synonyms

    * glut, myriad, surfeit, superfluity, slew

    See also

    * myriad

    References

    * “ plethora]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989
    Pronounced: .

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