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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 metaphorical
Familiarity information: ERUCT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: eructed
Past participle: eructed
-ing form: eructing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
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:
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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