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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPEW, v.t. [L. spuo.]
1. To vomit; to puke; to eject from the stomach.
2. To eject; to cast forth.
3. To cast out with abhorrence. Leviticus 18.
SPEW, v.i. To vomit; to discharge the contents of the stomach.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, spew, spue]
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, spew out, eruct]
3: 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, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sp?wan; akin to Old High German sp?wan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. vomit 2. to come forth in a flood or gush 3. to ooze out as if under pressure ; exude transitive verb 1. vomit 2. to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity <a volcano spewing out ash> — often used with out • spewer noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. matter that is vomited ; vomit 2. material that exudes or is extruded

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (also spue) 1 tr. & intr. vomit. 2 (often foll. by out) a tr. expel (contents) rapidly and forcibly. b intr. (of contents) be expelled in this way. Derivatives: spewer n. Etymology: OE spiwan, speowan f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spew Spew, n. That which is vomited; vomit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spew 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spew Spew, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(spews, spewing, spewed) 1. When something spews out a substance or when a substance spews from something, the substance flows out quickly in large quantities. The volcano spewed out more scorching volcanic ashes, gases and rocks... Leaking oil spewed from the tanker... VERB: V n with adv, V prep 2. If someone spews or spews up, they vomit. (INFORMAL) VERB

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Vomit, puke, cast up, throw up. 2. Eject, cast forth. II. v. n. Vomit, puke.

Moby Thesaurus

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