SPEW


Meaning of SPEW in English

spew /spjuː/ BrE AmE verb

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: spiwan ]

1 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] ( also spew out/forth ) to flow out of something quickly in large quantities, or to make something flow out in this way:

Factory chimneys spewed fumes out into the sky.

spew from/into/over etc

Brown water spewed from the tap.

2 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] ( also spew out/forth ) to say a lot of bad or negative things very quickly:

Groups like these use the Internet to spew racial hatred.

3 . [intransitive and transitive] ( also spew up ) informal to ↑ vomit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.