fountain

[founĀ·tain]

A fountain is a decorative structure that shoots streams of water into the air. You might see a big fountain in front of a museum, or install a small one in your back yard.

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Noun
a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

Noun
an artificially produced flow of water

Noun
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

Noun
a natural flow of ground water


n.
A spring of water issuing from the earth.

n.
An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.

n.
A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.

n.
The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.


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Usage Examples

The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.

I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end.

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