Vomit
11vomit — 01. He got seasick, and began to [vomit] after half an hour on the boat. 02. I [vomited] a couple of times last night because I drank too much. 03. He got really drunk at the party, and ended up outside, [vomiting] in the garden. 04. The most… …
12vomit up — verb 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 • Syn: ↑vomit, ↑purge, ↑cast, ↑sick, ↑ …
13vomit — vom|it1 [ˈvɔmıt US ˈva: ] v [I and T] to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, because you are ill ▪ He had swallowed so much sea water he wanted to vomit. ▪ I knew I was really in trouble when I began vomiting blood.… …
14vomit — [[t]vɒ̱mɪt[/t]] vomits, vomiting, vomited 1) VERB If you vomit, food and drink comes back up from your stomach and out through your mouth. Any product made from cow s milk made him vomit... [V n] She began to vomit blood a few days before she… …
15vomit — I UK [ˈvɒmɪt] / US [ˈvɑmɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms vomit : present tense I/you/we/they vomit he/she/it vomits present participle vomiting past tense vomited past participle vomited * if you vomit, food comes up from your… …
16vomit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomere to vomit; akin to Old Norse vāma seasickness, Greek emein to vomit Date: 14th century 1. an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach… …
17Vomit — Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of vomiting. When vomit is reddish or the color of coffee grounds, it may mean there is serious internal bleeding. The reddish color may herald… …
18vomit — verb ADVERB ▪ violently ▪ up ▪ He vomited up all that he had eaten for lunch. VERB + VOMIT ▪ want to ▪ The smell made …
19vomit — vom|it1 [ vamıt ] verb intransitive or transitive * if you vomit, food comes up from your stomach and out through your mouth because you are sick vomit vom|it 2 [ vamıt ] noun uncount food or other substances that come up from your stomach and… …
20vomit — [14] Vomit comes from vomitus, the past participle of Latin vomere ‘vomit’. This was descended from the prehistoric Indo European base *wem , which also produced Greek emeín ‘vomit’ (source of English emetic [17]). => EMETIC …
