吐く — meaning in English

English meaning

• breathe verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
• spit noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
• vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Senses

吐く is used for these senses in English:

• breathe (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• spit (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
• vomit (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

breathe — full definition

1. verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
2. verb To pause briefly to rest or recover.
3. verb To say something very quietly, almost as a whisper.

spit — full definition

1. noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
2. noun Saliva, especially when spat out.
3. noun A narrow strip of sand or land jutting out into water.
4. verb To forcefully eject saliva from the mouth.
5. verb To rain very lightly.

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