fountain
- Noun. (originally) A spring, natural source of water.
- Noun. An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
- Noun. The structure from which an artificial fountain issues.
- Noun. A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.
- Noun. A source, origin of a flow (e.g. of favors, of knowledge).
- Noun. A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that thows it.
- Noun. (US) A soda fountain.
- Verb. To flow or gush as if from a fountain.
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