fountained

verb

past tense of fountain
as in spurted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountained
  1. spurted
  2. gushed
  3. coursed
  4. spouted
  5. raced
  6. rushed
  7. flooded
  8. engulfed
Verb
  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of spurted
Verb
  • Two days after Bieniemy’s return, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce gushed over his offensive coordinator while speaking with the media.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Over the years, Mark has gushed about being a dad, and even bringing his kids along to major sets and events.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • On September 1, 1987, a military train loaded with munitions coursed out of Diablo Valley, in the East Bay of Northern California.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cleveland baseball fandom has coursed through the family’s blood for generations.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Definition of coursed
Verb
  • That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of spouted
Verb
  • And Ian Happ raced around from first to score on the throwing error, giving the Cubs a 4-3 lead.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • As an alternative to Starlink, the Ukrainians have rushed to develop reliable drones equipped with AI, which offer a way to get around Russia’s counter-drone defenses.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The toddler had been rushed to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland early Wednesday following a blaze at a residence in the 200 block of 15th Street that began burning about a half hour after an earlier fire at a residence two doors away.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • And now, since Panettiere's death, fans have again flooded Neutrogena's social media.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • While the region is engulfed in conflict, the market is showing itself to be immune to the impact of it.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of engulfed
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“Fountained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fountained. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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