Spue

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spue \Spue\ (sp[=u]), v. t. & i.
     See {Spew}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
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              Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
              I will spew thee out of my mouth.     --Rev. ii. 16.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spue
       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}]
       2: 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}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate},
           {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]