disembogue
Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To pour forth or discharge contents: "disembogue" means to flow out, empty out, or discharge, especially used of a river or body of water emptying into a larger body.
- To issue or emerge abruptly: In a figurative sense, it refers to a crowd, speech, or other mass of things pouring out suddenly.
Usage Examples
- Literal (river):
- The Amazon River disembogues into the Atlantic Ocean. (The river flows out and empties into the ocean.)
- Figurative (crowd):
- The crowd disembogued from the stadium after the match. (The crowd poured out of the stadium in a mass.)
- Figurative (speech):
- His speech disembogued a torrent of complaints. (His speech released a flood of complaints.)
Advanced Usage
- "to disembogue into": to discharge or flow into a larger body or space.
- The stream disembogues into the lake through a narrow channel. (The stream empties into the lake.)
- "disembogue from": to emerge or issue from a confined space.
- Protesters disembogued from the main square into the adjacent streets. (Protesters poured out of the square.)
Variants and Related Words
- Disembogued (past tense / past participle): describes something that has poured out.
- The river disembogued its waters after the heavy rains. (The river discharged its waters.)
- Disemboguing (present participle): the act of pouring out.
- The disemboguing crowd caused a traffic jam. (The crowd that was pouring out caused a jam.)
Synonyms
- Discharge: to release or send out.
- Emit: to give out or send forth.
- Empty: to make or become empty.
- Flow out: to move out in a stream.
- Pour forth: to issue copiously.
Phrasal Verbs
- Disembogue into (formal): to empty into a larger body.
- The river disembogues into the sea. (The river flows into the sea.)
- Disembogue from (rare): to issue from a source.
- Lava disembogued from the volcano. (Lava poured out from the volcano.)
Related Idioms
- Break loose: to suddenly become free or emerge (similar to disemboguing).
- The floodwaters broke loose from the dam. (The waters poured out suddenly.)
- Pour out in a flood: to emerge in great quantity.
- The audience poured out in a flood after the show. (The audience disembogued from the theatre.)