Log in or Sign up
  1. erupt love

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise.
  2. v. To become violently active: The volcano erupted after years of dormancy.
  3. v. To force out or release something, such as steam, with violence or suddenness.
  4. v. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth.
  5. v. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish.
  6. v. To force out violently.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To burst forth suddenly and violently; break or belch out; send forth matter.
  2. To throw out suddenly and with great violence; emit violently; cast out, as lava from a volcano; belch.

Wiktionary

  1. v. to violently eject
  2. v. figuratively to spontaneously release pressure or tension

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To cause to burst forth; to eject.
  2. v. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser.
  3. v. To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. become active and spew forth lava and rocks
  2. v. appear on the skin
  3. v. start abruptly
  4. v. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
  5. v. break out
  6. v. become raw or open
  7. v. erupt or intensify suddenly
  8. v. start to burn or burst into flames

Etymologies

  1. From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō ("to break out (of), to burst out (from)"), from e ("out") + rumpō ("to break"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin ērumpere, ērupt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “He is nibbling on spoonfuls of cottage cheese when shouts erupt from the car next to his.”

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 17, 2009

  • “I felt I provided a fairly good foundation for a vibrant discussion, even if sticky aspects would naturally erupt from the topic I attempted to suggest.”

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Sweet jeebus, lookit this mess!

  • “The film runs a gamut of intense emotions that erupt from the screen at every turn.”

    Flixnjoystix.com! » 2007 » October

  • “The situation is still very volatile, and can once again erupt into terrible violence, but the logjam that was consecrated in Mecca, does appear to have been cleared.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Does This Help?

  • “I'm wondering if you or anybody else in here has some thoughts on how to make sure the criticism that's certain to erupt is pointed directly at Sims where it rightly belongs and not squandered by targeting the skeleton crew of hapless victims down there trying to keep Elections afloat?”

    Sound Politics: Ward of the State

  • “Creatures extrude or vent eggs; larvae fatten, split their shells, and eat them; spores dissolve or explode; root hairs multiply, corn puffs on the stalk, grass yields seed, shoots erupt from the earth turgid and sheathed; wet muskrats, rabbits, and squirrels slide into the sunlight, mewling and blind; and everywhere watery cells divide and swell, swell and divide.”

    Nature & Environment

  • “Several days later, when the seedling erupt from the soil, they are excited and several weeks later they read and learn how to harvest the fruits and vegetables and the entire family benefits from their harvest at mealtimes.”

    Homeschooling On the Road – How It Works

  • “By Charles Krupa, AP Game 3 starting pitcher Derek Lowe, left, and the rest of the Red Sox erupt from the dugout after Nixon's 11th-inning home run.”

    USATODAY.com - Nixon's homer in 11th inning keeps Red Sox alive

  • “There are times when one wishes for some passion -- some unholy mess or some desperate humor -- to erupt from the pages, but the darker impulses are not what interest Goodman.”

    Kaaterskill Falls: Summary and book reviews of Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman.

  • “And with the gap widening and human dignity continuing to suffer, it is far more likely that only waves of hatred and violence will erupt from the abyss which now separates the rich from the poor of the world.”

    The Third World

Show 10 more examples...

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. eject
  1. belch
  1. vesuviate
  1. burst

antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. swallow

hypernyms (12)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. explode
  2. burst
  1. appear
  2. start
  1. begin
  2. express emotion
  1. express feelings
  2. trouble
  1. ail
  2. pain
  1. deepen
  2. intensify

rhymes (5)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. abrupt
  1. corrupt
  1. disrupt
  1. interrupt
  1. upped

reverse dictionary (18)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. blow out
  2. impacted
  3. extravasate
  1. polyposis
  2. wisdom tooth
  3. belch
  1. vent
  2. active
  3. blow
  1. flare
  2. impacted tooth
  3. volcano
  1. break open
  2. burst out
  3. erupt
  1. flare-up
  2. impaction
  3. irrupt

Wordmap

(beta)

Word visualization

Lists

These user-created lists contain the word ‘erupt’.

Comments

No comments yet...

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

Tweets

Looking for tweets for erupt.

‘erupt’ has been looked up 2504 times, loved by 1 person, added to 14 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 7.