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vom·it
(vŏm′ĭt)v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its
v.intr.
1. To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.
2. To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush: The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.
v.tr.
1. To eject (contents of the stomach) through the mouth.
2. To eject or discharge in a gush; spew out: The volcano vomited lava and ash.
n.
1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
3. An emetic.
[Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.]
vom′it·er n.
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vomit
(ˈvɒmɪt)vb, -its, -iting or -ited
1. (Medicine) to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus
2. to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth
n
3. the matter ejected in vomiting
4. (Medicine) the act of vomiting
5. (Pharmacology) a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic
[C14: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit]
ˈvomiter n
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vom•it
(ˈvɒm ɪt)v.i.
1. to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
2. to belch or spew with force or violence.
v.t. 3. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
4. to eject forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
5. to cause (a person) to vomit.
n. 6. the act of vomiting.
7. the matter ejected in vomiting.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit]
vom′it•er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
vomit
- brash - A euphemism for vomit.
- retch, wretch - Retch is the verb to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person.
- spew - First meant "vomit."
- vomit - From Latin vomere.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
vomit
Past participle: vomited
Gerund: vomiting
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Noun | 1. | vomit - the matter ejected in vomiting body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
2. | vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting ipecac - a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) dry mustard, powdered mustard - a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic | |
3. | vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth rumination - regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding haematemesis, hematemesis - vomiting blood hyperemesis - severe and excessive vomiting inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | |
Verb | 1. | vomit - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit up, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast keep down - manage not to throw up |
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vomit
verb
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vomit
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Translations
تَقَيُّؤ، إسْتِفْراغيَتَقَيَّأُيَتَقَيَّأ، يَقْذِف
zvracetzvratekzvratky
kaste opbræk
vomi
okseoksendama
oksentaaoksennus
להקיא
povraćati
kasta upp, ælauppköst, æla
吐く
토하다
vēmekļivēmiensvemt
borîvomita
bruhatiizbljuvek
bljuvatipovraćatipovratitizbljuvati
spykräkas
อาเจียน
nônmửa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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vomit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
vomit
(ˈvomit) verb to throw out (the contents of the stomach or other matter) through the mouth; to be sick. Whenever the ship started to move she felt like vomiting.
noun food etc ejected from the stomach.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
vomit
→ يَتَقَيَّأُ zvracet kaste op übergeben (sich) κάνω εμετό vomitar oksentaa vomir povraćati vomitare 吐く 토하다 overgeven spy zwymiotować vomitar страдать рвотой spy อาเจียน kusmak nôn 呕吐Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
vom·it
n. vómito;
v. vomitar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
vomit
n vómito (frec. pl); vt, vi vomitar, arrojar (fam), devolver (fam), deponer (Mex, fam); Did you vomit blood?.. ¿Vomitó sangre?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.