spew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spew	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for spew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spew v expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" Synonym(s): spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue 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" Synonym(s): spew, spew out, eruct 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" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[c6]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[c6]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp[?]ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. shtiv, shth[c6]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit.