to disgorge

Examples

• All

• Nick Carraway, who lives next door to Gatsby, sees car after car arrive to disgorge endless guests to endless parties, but Gatsby himself remains aloof and mysterious, the figure Nick sees staring at lights across the bay.

  Academic text (2009)

• And between the two, trucks stop to disgorge their wares.

  Academic text (1991)

• "Still the same shot, buses disgorge TOURISTS, who move into the forecourt of the theater.

  Fiction book (2001)

• A crane helped disgorge the load of computers, and Mac maneuvered the helicopter into position to hook up to it.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Every day, some 30 loaded INS buses enter Tijuana, Mexico, to disgorge huddled masses south of the border.

  Academic text (1993)

• The camera moves to Jim by himself and then moves to a sedan pulling up, which disgorges Lou Ivon and Bill Broussard.

  Fiction book (1991)

• In turn, industrial agriculture consumes topsoil, water resources, and small-farm culture and disgorges pollutants by the megaton.

  Academic text (2005)

• The ice machine disgorges ice onto the floor in a loud crash, making a mess everywhere.

• After the concert, the bus disgorged a crowd of excited fans into the parking lot.

• The factory's chute disgorged containers filled with fresh product every hour.

Synonyms

S

to spill

vsto disgorge

347 1.0

To accidentally cause liquid to flow out of a container

is intentional or forceful discharge often in large amounts, not accidental

S

to shed

vsto disgorge

78 2.8

To let something fall or spill out by accident

is sudden, forceful discharge rather than slow passive loss

G

to gush

vsto disgorge

26 3.2

To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound

is broader, applying to sudden forceful pouring beyond simple streams

P

to pour out

vsto disgorge

22 2.9

Make liquid flow out of a container

is usually sudden and forceful rather than only continuous flow

E

to eject

vsto disgorge

20 4.1

Push a liquid or other substance out of something

is about pouring out in large amounts rather than just a mechanical push

S

to spout

vsto disgorge

9 3.7

To flow out quickly and forcefully in a strong stream

is about forceful pouring but not restricted to narrow jets

P

to pour forth

vsto disgorge

2 7.1

To flow out in large amounts

is sudden, forceful discharge in large amounts rather than small drops

R

to regorge

vsto disgorge

9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is general, not limited to stomach contents

G

gushing

vsto disgorge

4.1

Flowing out quickly and in large amounts

is the action of forceful outflow rather than a descriptive form

Antonyms

I

to ingest

68 3.6

To eat or drink something so it goes into your body

How Forceful

to spew

102 5.1

to disgorge

1 8.6

to gush

26 3.2

to pour

588 1.0

to leak

212 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology