disembogue

[ dis-em-bohg ]
/ ˌdɪs ɛmˈboʊg /
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verb (used without object), dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

to discharge contents by pouring forth.
to discharge water, as at the mouth of a stream: a river that disembogues into the ocean.

verb (used with object), dis·em·bogued, dis·em·bogu·ing.

to discharge; cast forth.

Origin of disembogue

1585–95; earlier disemboque, disemboke < Spanish desembocar, equivalent to des- dis-1 + embocar to enter by the mouth ( en- in (< Latin in- in-2) + boc(a) mouth (< Latin bucca) + -ar infinitive suffix)

OTHER WORDS FROM disembogue

dis·em·bogue·ment, noun

Words nearby disembogue

disembargo, disembark, disembarrass, disembodied, disembody, disembogue, disembosom, disembowel, disembroil, disemploy, disempower

Words related to disembogue

release, leak, emit, empty, spew, breathe, expend, spit, spill, vent, emanate, pour, beam, utter, ooze, belch, transmit, radiate, exude, secrete

British Dictionary definitions for disembogue

disembogue
/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ) /

verb -bogues, -boguing or -bogued

(of a river, stream, etc) to discharge (water) at the mouth
(intr) to flow out

Derived forms of disembogue

disemboguement, noun

Word Origin for disembogue

C16: from Spanish desembocar, from des- dis- 1 + embocar put into the mouth, from em- in + boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek