Found 3 items, similar to erupts.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: erupt meletus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: erupt 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”; “The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism” [syn: irrupt, flare up , flare, break open, burst out] 3: start to burn or burst into flames; “Marsh gases ignited suddenly”; “The oily rags combusted spontaneously” [syn: ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate] 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; “Vesuvius erupts once in a while” [syn: belch, extravasate] 6: force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; “break into tears”; “erupt in anger” [syn: break, burst] 7: appear on the skin; “A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant” 8: become raw or open; “He broke out in hives”; “My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries”; “Such boils tend to recrudesce” [syn: recrudesce, break out]
English → English (gcide) Definition: erupt erupt \e*rupt"\ ([-e]*r[u^]pt"), v. t. [See eruption.] To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. --Huxley. [1913 Webster] erupt \e*rupt"\ ([-e]*r[u^]pt"), v. i. [See eruption.] 1. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2. To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.; as, the third molar erupts late in most people, and in some persons does not occur at all. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]