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| n. (location) | 1. beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" | 
 |  ~ derivation | the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues).; "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" | 
 |  ~ spring | a point at which water issues forth. | 
 |  ~ headspring, fountainhead, head | the source of water from which a stream arises.; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" | 
 |  ~ headwater | the source of a river.; "the headwaters of the Nile" | 
 |  ~ wellhead, wellspring | the source of water for a well. | 
 |  ~ jumping-off place, point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched.; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco" | 
 |  ~ place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.; "the birthplace of civilization" | 
 |  ~ home | place where something began and flourished.; "the United States is the home of basketball" | 
 |  ~ point source | a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted. | 
 |  ~ trail head, trailhead | the beginning of a trail. | 
 |  ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | 
| n. (communication) | 2. source | a document (or organization) from which information is obtained.; "the reporter had two sources for the story" | 
 |  ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). | 
 |  ~ source materials | publications from which information is obtained. | 
 |  ~ fountainhead, wellspring, well | an abundant source.; "she was a well of information" | 
| n. (cognition) | 3. germ, seed, source | anything that provides inspiration for later work. | 
 |  ~ inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. | 
 |  ~ taproot | something that provides an important central source for growth or development.; "the taproot of his resentment"; "genius and insanity spring from the same taproot" | 
 |  ~ muse | the source of an artist's inspiration.; "Euterpe was his muse" | 
| n. (artifact) | 4. source | a facility where something is available. | 
 |  ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" | 
 |  ~ golconda | a source of great wealth (especially a mine). | 
 |  ~ gold mine, goldmine | a good source of something that is desired. | 
| n. (person) | 5. informant, source | a person who supplies information. | 
 |  ~ communicator | a person who communicates with others. | 
 |  ~ betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat | one who reveals confidential information in return for money. | 
 |  ~ leaker | a surreptitious informant.; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were" | 
 |  ~ passive source | an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has. | 
 |  ~ whistle-blower, whistle blower, whistleblower | an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it.; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals" | 
| n. (person) | 6. author, generator, source | someone who originates or causes or initiates something.; "he was the generator of several complaints" | 
 |  ~ coiner | someone who is a source of new words or new expressions. | 
 |  ~ maker, shaper | a person who makes things. | 
| n. (process) | 7. source | (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system.; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide" | 
 |  ~ applied science, engineering science, engineering, technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" | 
 |  ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" | 
 |  ~ origin | the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived.; "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation" | 
| n. (object) | 8. reservoir, source | anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival" | 
 |  ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. | 
| n. (communication) | 9. reference, source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to.; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" | 
 |  ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. | 
| v. (possession) | 10. source | get (a product) from another country or business.; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies" | 
 |  ~ obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" | 
 |  ~ outsource | obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out.; "Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce" | 
| v. (cognition) | 11. source | specify the origin of.; "The writer carefully sourced her report" | 
 |  ~ document | support or supply with references.; "Can you document your claims?" | 
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| n. (substance) | 1. goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge | any thick, viscous matter. | 
 |  ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" | 
 |  ~ sapropel | sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans. | 
| n. (event) | 2. ooze, oozing, seepage | the process of seeping. | 
 |  ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). | 
 |  ~ exudation, transudation | the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes. | 
| v. (motion) | 3. ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. | 
 |  ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" | 
| v. (body) | 4. exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" | 
 |  ~ distil, distill | give off (a liquid).; "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" | 
 |  ~ reek, fume | be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. | 
 |  ~ transpire | give off (water) through the skin. | 
 |  ~ extravasate | geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth. | 
 |  ~ stream | exude profusely.; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" | 
 |  ~ gum | exude or form gum.; "these trees gum in the Spring" | 
 |  ~ secrete, release | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" | 
 |  ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" | 
 |  ~ froth | exude or expel foam.; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth" | 
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