spew
1. 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
• Syn:
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick,
cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke,
puke, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up
• Ant:
keep down (for: vomit)
• Derivationally related forms:
regurgitation (for: regurgitate), spewer, puke (for: puke), puking (for: puke), retch (for: retch), disgorgement (for: disgorge), sick (for: sick), vomit (for: vomit), vomiter (for: vomit), vomiting (for: vomit)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: throw up)
- Somebody ----s something (for: regurgitate)
- Somebody ----s something (for: retch)
- Somebody ----s something (for: vomit up)
2. 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
• Syn:
spew out, eruct
• Derivationally related forms:
eructation (for: eruct)
• Hypernyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
• Syn:
spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spue
• See Also:
spit up (for: spit)
• Derivationally related forms:
ptyalism (for: ptyalize), spit (for: spit), spitter (for: spit), spitting (for: spit)
• Hypernyms:
expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- The women spew water into the bowl
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