Fountain
[ˈfaʊntən] or ['faʊntn]
Definition
(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.
Typed by Doreen--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Vito
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Spring, well, font.[2]. Jet, JET D'EAU.[3]. Source, original, origin, cause, first principle, fountain-head.
Typed by Levi
Definition
n. a spring of water natural or artificial: the structure for a jet of water: the source of anything: a reservoir for holding oil &c. in a lamp.—ns. Fount a spring of water: a source; Fount′ain-head the head or source of a fountain: the beginning.—adj. Fount′ainless wanting fountains or springs of water.—n. Fount′ain-pen a pen having a reservoir for holding ink.—adj. Fount′ful full of springs.
Editor: Olivia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight, denotes vast possessions, ecstatic delights and many pleasant journeys. A clouded fountain, denotes the insincerity of associates and unhappy engagements and love affairs. A dry and broken fountain, indicates death and cessation of pleasures. For a young woman to see a sparkling fountain in the moonlight, signifies ill-advised pleasure which may result in a desertion.
To dream of being at a soda fountain, denotes pleasure and profit after many exasperating experiences. To treat others to this and other delectable iced drinks; you will be rewarded in your efforts, though the outlook appears full of contradictions. Inharmonious environments, and desired results will be forthcoming.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- Selden followed her, and still without speaking they seated themselves on a bench beside the fountain. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- One lived in Fountain Court, and the other two lived in the Lane, and he had seen them all go home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is called a siphon recorder because the record is made by a little glass siphon down which a flow of ink is maintained like a fountain pen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Night was far advanced, when I came to the half-way resting-place, and seated myself beside the fountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She seems to have what I never saw in any woman before--a fountain of friendship towards men--a man can make a friend of her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A stream cannot rise above its fountain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- No Sargon, no Thothmes, no Nebuchadnezzar, no Cyrus nor Alexander nor Chandragupta, was its fountain head. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I remembered the ancient fables, in which human beings are described as dissolving away through weeping into ever-gushing fountains. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He stood there in his strange, whole body, that had its marvellous fountains, like the bodies of the sons of God who were in the beginning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I had nothing to do but listen to the pattering of the fountains and take medicine and throw it up again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of what consequence was it to our four hearts, that they alone were the fountains of life in the wide world? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The bands played, and so did the fountains; the moon and the gas lamps lit up the scene, and altogether it was a brilliant and an animated picture. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It sometimes appears as a jet of fire from 20 to 30 feet high; and, in the neighbourhood of Thsee-Lieon-Teing, the salt works were formerly heated and lighted by means of these fountains of fire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The fountains, gardens, walks, avenues, and groves, were all disposed with exact judgment and taste. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Edited by Aaron