Definitions of erupt [ɪˈrʌpt]

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Definition of 'erupt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) erupt
to burst forth:
Molten lava erupted from the volcano.

2.  erupt
(of a volcano, geyser, etc.) to eject matter.

3.  erupt
to break out of a pent-up state, usu. in a sudden and violent manner.

4.  erupt
to break out, as in a skin rash.

5.  erupt
(of teeth) to grow through surrounding hard and soft tissues and become visible in the mouth.

6. (v.t.) erupt
to release violently; burst forth with.

7.  erupt
(of a volcano, geyser, etc.) to eject (matter).

Etymology: (1650–60; < L ēruptus, ptp. of ērumpere to burst out)

Definition of 'erupt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) erupt, break out
start abruptly
"After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

2. (verb) erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
erupt or intensify suddenly
"Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

3. (verb) erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

4. (verb) erupt, come out, break through, push through
break out
"The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"

5. (verb) erupt, belch, extravasate
become active and spew forth lava and rocks
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while"

6. (verb) break, burst, erupt
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
"break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

7. (verb) erupt
appear on the skin
"A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"

8. (verb) erupt, recrudesce, break out
become raw or open
"He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

Definition of 'erupt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) erupt
(of a volcano) to throw out lava, steam, etc.
***The volcano erupted during the night.

2. erupt
to happen suddenly and with force
Cheers erupted from the crowd.; a volcanic eruption; the eruption of violence in the capital

Definition of 'erupt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) erupt
to cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava

Translation of 'erupt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of a volcano) to throw out lava etc When did Mount Etna last erupt?; The demonstration started quietly but suddenly violence erupted.
Afrikaans: uitbars	Arabic: يَثور، يَتَفَجَّر	Bulgarian: изригвам
Brazilian: entrar em erupção	Czech: soptit; propuknout	German: ausbrechen
Danish: bryde ud; opstå	Greek: εκρήγνυμαι, ξεσπώ	Spanish: entrar en erupción
Estonian: purskama	Farsi: فوران کردن	Finnish: purkautua
French: faireéruption, exploser	Hebrew: לְהִתפָּרֵץ	Hindi: फूट निकल आना
Croatian: eruptirati. buknuti, prob	Hungarian: kitör (vulkán)	Indonesian: meletus
Icelandic: gjósa, þeyta upp	Italian: eruttare, esplodere	Japanese: 噴火する
Korean: 분출하다	Lithuanian: išsiveržti, prasiveržti	Latvian: izlauzties; (par vulkānu)
Malay: meletus	Dutch: uitbarsten	Norwegian: bryte ut, ha utbrudd
Polish: wybuchać	Persian: فوران کردن	Pashto: راخوټېدنه، دارى وهنه، په
Portuguese: entrar em erupção	Romanian: a erupe; a izbucni	Russian: извергать(ся); прорыватьс
Slovak: soptiť, vybuchnúť	Slovenian: izbruhniti	Serbian: izbiti
Swedish: ha utbrott, bryta ut	Thai: ระเบิด; ปะทุ	Turkish: patlamak, püskür(t)mek
Taiwanese: 噴發	Ukrainian: вивергати(ся)	Urdu: پھوٹ پڑنا
Vietnamese: phun (núi lửa)	Chinese: 喷发
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