About The Word Spew
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Spew
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What's The Definition Of Spew?
[v] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
[v] eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" [v] expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Spew: barf | be sick | cast | cat | chuck | disgorge | eruct | honk | ptyalise | ptyalize | puke | purge | regorge | regurgitate | retch | sick | spew out | spit | spue | throw up | upchuck | vomit | vomit up Related Terms | Find terms related to Spew: See Also | cough out | cough up | discharge | egest | eject | eliminate | excrete | expectorate | expel | pass | pony up | release | spit out | spit up Spew In Webster's Dictionary \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n.
{Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[=i]wan;n to D.
spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[=i]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp?ja
to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L.
spuere to split, Gr. ???, Skr. shtiv, shth[=i]v. Cf. {Pyke},
{Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.]
1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16.
\Spew\, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost. \Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit. |
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