eruptv.
/ɪˈrʌpt/ 1.
a. intransitive. To burst forth in the process of growth. Now only of the teeth: To break through the skin of the gums.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > be let or forced out [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [verb (intransitive)] > teethe > burst forth
erupt1878
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Gg3 Its roots..from which some sprigs erupt.
1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth (ed. 2) 44 Sometimes the process of absorption in the roots of the temporary teeth fails to be brought about, and the permanent teeth erupt in front of or behind them.
b. transitive. To force (teeth) through the gums.
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1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 53 The incisors and first temporary molars have been erupted.
1883 W. Whitehouse in Standard 25 Jan. 6/3 The four teeth stated to have been extracted never were erupted.
2. figurative.1881 W. Simpson in Academy 8 Jan. 22/5 Our modern Proteus..‘erupts’ in an entirely new direction.
a. intransitive. Of a volcano, geyser, etc.: To break out in eruption, be in a state of eruption. (Perhaps often felt as an absolute use of 2b.). Also of volcanic masses or showers: To burst forth.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > erupt
erupt1772
to fire up1869
1772 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 12 Strabo, Dio, Vitruvius, all agree, that Vesuvius, in their time, shewed signs of having formerly erupted.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 379 Suppose Mount Etna to have ceased erupting for many ages.
1861 E. T. Holland in Peaks, Passes & Glac. 2nd Ser. I. 10 A treatment under which this fountain can generally be made to erupt.
1866 Ansted in Intellectual Observer No, 52. 270 The showers continued to erupt.
1879 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (new ed.) 81 Volcanoes which have not been known to erupt during historic times are said to be extinct.
b. transitive. Of a volcano, geyser, or any subterranean force: To throw out in an eruption.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [verb (transitive)] > eject by volcanic action
spew1594
vomit1614
erupt1771
1771 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 17 I found, with respect to the matter erupted, nothing on Mount Etna that Vesuvius does not produce.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 183 The volcanic rocks of Tuscany..have been chiefly erupted beneath the sea.
3. intransitive. Of a river: To burst forth.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > disembogue
fallOE
disbogue1589
empty1591
to have one's forth1597
disembogue1598
mouth1598
dimit16..
dischannel1607
ingurgitate1632
discharge1816
debouch1834
erupt1864
gurgitate1907
1864 S. F. Surtees Waifs & Strays N. Humber Hist. 86 The Don..erupts into what has evidently been a large inland lake.
Derivatives
eˈrupted adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > volcanic activity > eruption
erupted1771
erupting1797
eruptive1799
eruptional1858
1771 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 17 A much greater variety in the erupted matter and lavas.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 704 Visions of erupted embers.
eˈrupting adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > volcanic activity > eruption
erupted1771
erupting1797
eruptive1799
eruptional1858
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) IV. xciv. 293 The erupting floods of fire.
1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours i. 17 (note) Vomited forth by the erupting mountain.
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