Debouch

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To march from a narrow or confined area into the open.
  • verb-intransitive. To emerge; issue: "His companions still lay in the bed of the ravine, through which the smaller stream debouchedā€ ( James Fenimore Cooper).
  • v. To cause to emerge or issue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
  • n. A fortress at the end of a defile.
  • v. To pour forth from a narrow opening. To emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
  • verb-intransitive. To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To emerge or pass out; issue
  • In physical geography, to issue from a mountain: said of a river which enters a plain from an elevated region.
  • In anatomy, to open out; empty or pour contents, as into a duct or other vessel: as, the ureter debouches into the bladder.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. march out (as from a defile) into open ground
  • v. pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
  • Verb Form
    debouched    debouches    debouching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    process    march    egress    come out    come forth    go forth    issue    emerge   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    issue   
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