1. 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";
   - spew out, eruct [formal], eructate
    
2. [informal] Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
   "The patient spewed phlegm into the basin";
   - spit, spue [archaic]
    
3. [informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students spewed";
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up

1. The matter ejected in vomiting
   "The nurse cleaned up the spew from the patient's bed";
   - vomit, vomitus, barf [informal], vom [informal], sick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: spews, spewing, spewed

See also: spit out

Type of: body waste, cough out, cough up, discharge, egest, eject, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, exhaust, expectorate, expel, pass, release, spit out, spit up

Encyclopedia: Spew