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spue

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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[=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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spue  \Spue\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  See  {Spew}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spue 
  v  1:  expel  or  eject  from  the  mouth  [syn:  {spit},  {ptyalize},  {spew}] 
  2:  eject  the  contents  of  the  stomach  through  the  mouth;  "After 
  drinking  too  much  the  students  vomited"  [syn:  {vomit},  {vomit 
  up},  {cast},  {sick},  {cat},  {regurgitate},  {be  sick},  {disgorge}, 
  {regorge},  {retch},  {puke},  {barf},  {spew},  {chuck},  {upchuck}, 
  {honk},  {throw  up}]  [ant:  {keep  down}]




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