Vomit
21vomit — [ˈvɒmɪt] verb [I/T] I if you vomit, food comes up from your stomach and out through your mouth because you are ill II noun [U] vomit [ˈvɒmɪt] food or other substances that come up from your stomach when you vomit …
22vomit — [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]). Cf.⇒ EMETIC …
23vomit — vomiter, n. vomitive, adj. vomitously, adv. /vom it/, 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 …
24vomit — Synonyms and related words: barf, be nauseated, be seasick, be sick, belch, blow open, blow out, break out, bring up, burst forth, burst out, cascade, cast, cat, choke on, chuck up, discharge, disgorge, disgorgement, drain, drain out, egest,… …
25vomit — 1. verb 1) he needed to vomit Syn: be sick, spew, heave, retch, gag, get sick; informal throw up, puke, purge, hurl, barf, upchuck, ralph 2) I vomited my breakfast Syn …
26vomit — 1. verb 1) he needed to vomit Syn: be sick, spew, fetch up, heave, retch, gag; informal throw up, puke; N.Amer.; informal barf 2) I vomited my breakfast Syn: bring up …
27vomit — vom•it [[t]ˈvɒm ɪt[/t]] v. i. 1) med pat to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up 2) to belch or spew with force or violence 3) med pat to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew 4) to eject forcefully… …
28vomit — verb (vomits, vomiting, vomited) eject matter from the stomach through the mouth. ↘emit in an uncontrolled stream or flow. noun 1》 matter vomited from the stomach. 2》 archaic an emetic. Derivatives vomiter noun Origin ME: from OFr. vomite (n.) or …
29vomit — 1 verb (I, T) to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, because you are ill see sick 1 2 noun (U) food or other substances that come up from your stomach and through your mouth when you vomit …
30vomit — see the dog returns to its vomit …
