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ERUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eruct mean? 

ERUCT (verb)
  The verb ERUCT has 2 senses:

1. eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphoricalplay

2. expel gas from the stomachplay

  Familiarity information: ERUCT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERUCT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they eruct  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it eructs  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: eructed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: eructed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: eructing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

eruct; spew; spew out

Context example:

The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate

Hypernyms (to "eruct" is one way to...):

discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

eructation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Expel gas from the stomach

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

belch; bubble; burp; eruct

Context example:

Please don't burp at the table

Hypernyms (to "eruct" is one way to...):

breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

eructation (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)


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