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Dictionary: spew   (spyū) pronunciation
 

v., spewed, spew·ing, spews.

v.tr.
  1. To send or force out in or as if in a stream; eject forcefully or in large amounts: a volcano that spewed molten lava; spewed invective at his opponent.
  2. To vomit or otherwise cast out through the mouth.
v.intr.
  1. To flow or gush forth: Water was spewing from the hydrant.
  2. To vomit.
n.

Something spewed.

[Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan.]

spewer spew'er n.
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verb

    To send forth (confined matter) violently: belch, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, expel. Geology extravasate. See explosion/collapse.

 
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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
  Synonyms: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spue

Meaning #2: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
  Synonyms: spew out, eruct

Meaning #3: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  Synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up


 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kaste op, brække sig, udspy
v. intr. - strømme, vælte, vælde, sive
n. - opkast, bræk, spy

Nederlands (Dutch)
spuwen, overgeven, braaksel

Français (French)
v. tr. - vomir, cracher, dégobiller
v. intr. - jaillir (de la lave, de la fumée), dégobiller
n. - lance, harpon

Deutsch (German)
v. - spucken, sich ergießen
n. - Erbrochenes

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω εμετό (κν. ξερνώ), εκτοξεύω, (καθομ.) ομολογώ τα πάντα
n. - ξερατό, εκτόξευμα

Italiano (Italian)
vomitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vomitar, amaldiçoar
n. - vômito (m)

Русский (Russian)
рвота, выброс (лавы), блевать, изрыгать, выпрессовывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - vomitar, arrojar
v. intr. - vomitar, arrojar
n. - algo que se vomita, algo que se arroja

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spy, spy ut
n. - flytavfall

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
呕吐, 放出, 喷出, 喷涌, 呕吐物, 喷涌物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 嘔吐, 放出, 噴出
v. intr. - 嘔吐, 噴湧
n. - 嘔吐物, 噴湧物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 토해내다, (노여움을) 내쏟다
v. intr. - 토해내다, (연속 사격으로) 총구가 휘다
n. - 토해낸 것, 스며 나온 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 反吐
v. - どっと吐き出す, 噴き出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتقيأ, يرش كالمطر (الاسم) تقيؤ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקיא, פלט‬
v. intr. - ‮נפלט, הוקא‬
n. - ‮קיא‬


 
 
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