'Spew' definitions:
Definition of 'spew'
(from WordNet)
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Spew'
From: GCIDE
- Spew \Spew\, v. i.
- 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spew'
From: GCIDE
- Spew \Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spew'
From: GCIDE
- Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spewing.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[imac]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[imac]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp?ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. ???, Skr. shtiv, shth[imac]v. Cf. Pyke, Spit.] [Written also spue.]
- 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. [1913 Webster]
- Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barf,
- be seasick,
- be sick,
- belch,
- blow open,
- blow out,
- break out,
- bring up,
- burst,
- burst forth,
- burst out,
- cascade,
- cast forth,
- chuck up,
- debouch,
- debouchment,
- decant,
- discharge,
- disembogue,
- disgorge,
- disgorgement,
- dissiliency,
- drain,
- drain out,
- dribble,
- drivel,
- drool,
- egest,
- egesta,
- egestion,
- ejaculate,
- eject,
- emit,
- empty,
- eruct,
- eructation,
- erupt,
- eruption,
- exhaust,
- expectorate,
- expel,
- extravasate,
- feed the fish,
- find vent,
- flare-up,
- flood,
- flow,
- flow out,
- flush,
- font,
- fount,
- fountain,
- gag,
- gagging,
- geyser,
- gush,
- gush out,
- hawk,
- heave,
- heave the gorge,
- heaves,
- heaving,
- hurl forth,
- irrupt,
- jet,
- keck,
- nausea,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outflow,
- outpour,
- play,
- pour,
- pour forth,
- pour out,
- puke,
- rapids,
- regurgitate,
- regurgitation,
- reject,
- retch,
- run out,
- rush,
- salivate,
- send forth,
- send out,
- sick up,
- slabber,
- slaver,
- slobber,
- sluice out,
- spate,
- spew out,
- spit,
- spout,
- spout out,
- spouter,
- spray,
- spritz,
- spurt,
- spurtle,
- squirt,
- surge,
- throw out,
- throw up,
- torrent,
- upchuck,
- volcan,
- vomit,
- vomit forth,
- vomit out,
- vomiting,
- vomition,
- well,
- well out