fountains 1 of 2

noun

plural of fountain
as in sources
a point or place at which something is invented or provided regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity

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fountains

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fountain
as in spouts

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Recent Examples of fountains
Noun
Trump had refurbished two ornamental fountains, for seventeen million dollars, and wants the park to have forty-seven maple trees, in homage to himself. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 The Spanish Colonial compound is a labyrinth of courtyards filled with fountains and flowering plants. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 One pool caters squarely to families with younger kids, anchored by a colorful splash park with pint-sized slides, tipping buckets, fountains, and a shallow wading area for toddlers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Madrid may have grand monuments, lvish fountains, domed neoclassical buildings and Renaissance squares, yet the Spanish capital has sometimes been overshadowed by seemingly headline-grabbing cities such as Barcelona or Seville. — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026 They are animated with flowers, grasses and trees, not to mention meeting spaces, fountains, hanging gardens and an amphitheater. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The blended family spotted fountains and cherry blossoms along the way. — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Charged drops, the team notes in the paper, form naturally in clouds, thunderstorms, ocean waves, fountains, and waterfalls, as well as in industrial processes like electrostatic spraying and inkjet printing. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 The fountains in front of Union Station also had pink and yellow lighting. — Joseph Hernandez august 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountains
  1. sources
  2. spouts
  3. cradles
  4. gushes
  5. wells
  6. spurts
  7. springs
  8. courses
Noun
  • Renewable energy credits serve as proof that a company uses electricity from clean energy sources like solar farms, according to the Retail Energy Supply Association.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Other dark leafy greens, such as Swiss chard and collard greens, are good sources, too.
    — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sources
Verb
  • One colorful customer spouts a fabulously ripe monologue about how the aliens nearly caught him mid-defecation—a close encounter of the turd kind.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Definition of spouts
Noun
  • Egypt, one of the word’s cradles of civilization, is also a vibrant, modern country.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • This 10-pack of plastic melon cradles was a lifesaver last year once my pumpkins started maturing late July.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
Definition of cradles
Verb
  • Meyers, an almost parodic vision of an old soul, gushes praise in unfashionably complete sentences.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Clarkson gushes while the pair — both shedding tears — embrace.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of gushes
Noun
  • Lauren Hixson, the town's water resources manager, said the wells needed to be fast-tracked to catch up with demand for water.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Active and abandoned oil and gas wells can spread carcinogens such as benzene, volatile organic compounds and radioactive material into surrounding soil, water and air.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of wells
Verb
  • Blood spurts against the window.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of spurts
Noun
  • The front suspension is independent, with double wishbones and forged aluminum control arms paired with coil-over springs.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • That proverb, attributed to everyone from Yogi Berra to a Danish Nobel laureate, springs to mind whenever someone asks me about an upcoming NFL season.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of springs
Verb
  • What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of courses

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