Hypertext Webster Gateway: "erupt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Erupt \E*rupt"\, v. i. [See {Eruption}.]
1. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano
or geyser.
2. To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano,
teeth through the gums, etc.
When the amount and power of the steam is equal to
the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava
flood and gives us a small volcano. --H. J. W.
Dam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Erupt \E*rupt"\, v. t. [See {Eruption}.]
To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
--Huxley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
erupt
v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
East Bloc" [syn: {break out}]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the
country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting" [syn: {flare up},
{flare}, {break open}, {burst out}]
3: start to burn; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly." [syn: {ignite},
{catch fire}, {take fire}]
4: as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be
extracted" [syn: {come out}, {break through}, {push
through}]
5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes;
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn: {belch}]
6: become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily"
[syn: {flare}, {flare up}]
7: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: {break},
{burst}]
8: become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in
hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";
"Such boils tend to recrudesce" [syn: {recrudesce}, {break
out}]
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