debouch (redirected from debouches)

de·bouch  (d-bouch, -bsh)

v. de·bouched, de·bouch·ing, de·bouch·es

v.intr.

1. To march from a narrow or confined area into the open.

2. To emerge; issue: "His companions still lay in the bed of the ravine, through which the smaller stream debouched" (James Fenimore Cooper).

v.tr.

To cause to emerge or issue.

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[French déboucher : dé-, out of (from Old French des-; see de-) + bouche, mouth (from Latin bucca, cheek, mouth).]

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debouch

Verb

1. (esp. of troops) to move into a more open space

2. (of a river, glacier, etc.) to flow into a larger area or body [Old French dé- from + bouche mouth]

debouchment n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	debouch - march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley" march out march, process - march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
	2.	debouch - pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river" egress, come forth, emerge, go forth, come out, issue - come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"