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Eruct definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ERUCT'
ERUCT'ATE, v.t. [L. eructo, ructor, coinciding in elements with Heb. to spit.]
To belch; to eject from the stomach, as wind. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, spew out, eruct]
2: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Latin eructare, frequentative of erugere to belch, disgorge; akin to Old English rocettan to belch, Greek ereugesthai Date: 1596 belch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eruct E*ruct", Eructate E*ruc"tate, v. t. [L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. ['e]ructer.] To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] --Howell.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a., v. n. See eructate.

Moby Thesaurus

belch, blow open, blow out, break out, burp, burst forth, burst out, cast forth, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, ejaculate, eject, eructate, erupt, exhaust, expel, extravasate, hiccup, hurl forth, irrupt, jet, outpour, pour, pour forth, pour out, send forth, send out, spew, spout, spurt, squirt, throw out, vomit