Vomit : (noun)
1: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomitus, puke]
2: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic,
vomitive, nauseant]
3: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach
through the mouth [syn: vomiting, emesis, regurgitation,
disgorgement, puking]
(verb)
1: 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 up, purge, cast, sick,
cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke,
barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate,
throw up] [ant: keep down]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Vomit : \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vomiting.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare.
See Vomit, n.]
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke;
to spew.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Vomit : \Vom"it\, v. t.
1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth;
to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up
or out.
The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
--Jonah ii.
10.
2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to
emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones,
etc.
Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Vomit : \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;
akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic,
Vomito.]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the
stomach through the mouth.
Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
--Sandys.
2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak.
Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
Vomit nut, nux vomica.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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