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- [spyoo]
- /spyu/
- /spjuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spyoo]
- /spyu/
Definitions of spew word
- verb without object spew to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit. 1
- verb with object spew to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit. 1
- verb with object spew to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger: The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us. 1
- noun spew something that is spewed; vomit. 1
- transitive verb spew eject, discharge 1
- intransitive verb spew vomit 1
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Origin of spew
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English spewen to vomit, cast forth foul language, Old English spīwan to vomit; cognate with German speien, Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Latin spuere
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Parts of speech for Spew
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spew popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
spew usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spew
verb spew
- barf — If someone barfs, they vomit.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- boff — a loud, hearty laugh
- boffing — Theater. a box-office hit. a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter.
- cascade — If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
Antonyms for spew
verb spew
- absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- get into — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- osmose — to undergo osmosis.
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