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1) (a result of) the sending or pouring out (of liquid, e.g. blood) (effusion)

2) a tube wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders through small openings; a tall outlet for smoke on a ship, railway engine etc (funnel)

3) to wash something by pouring liquid into, over or through; to drink something greedily (swill)

4) (the dried leaves of) a kind of a small bush of eastern Asia, India etc, used to make a drink by pouring hot water on the leaves (tea)

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effusion

(a result of) the sending or pouring out (of liquid, e.g. blood)

outpouring

monsoon

the seasonal wind blowing in the Indian Ocean from SW from April to October (the wet monsoon) and from NE during the other months (the dry monsoon); the rainy season that comes with the wet monsoon

downpour of water or other substance

rain

the moisture of the atmosphere falling as separate drops

downpour of water or other substance

soppy

foolishly sentimental

wet

wet

covered or soaked with water or other liquid; rainy; (of a person) without courage, strong personality etc; rain; moisture

damp, moist

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