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Noun spit has 4 senses
- spit, tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
--1 is a kind of cape, ness
--1 has substances: sand
- saliva, spit, spittle - a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
--2 is a kind of secretion
--2 is a part of salivary gland
--2 has substances: ptyalin
--2 has particulars: drool, dribble, drivel, slobber; tobacco juice
- spit - a skewer for holding meat over a fire
--3 is a kind of skewer
--3 is a part of rack, stand
--3 has particulars: turnspit
- spit, spitting, expectoration - the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
--4 is a kind of expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
Verb spit has 4 senses
- spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
--1 is one way to expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
Sample sentence:
The women spit water into the bowl
- spit, spit out - utter with anger or contempt
--2 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
--3 is one way to rain, rain down
Sample sentence:
It is ----ing
- skewer, spit - drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
--4 is one way to pin
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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