 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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: 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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vomit \Vom"it\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vomit \Vom"it\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare.
See {Vomit}, noun]
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke;
to spew.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vomit \Vom"it\, verb (used with an object)
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "vomit":
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, egesta, egestion, eject, emetic, empty,
eruct, erupt, exhaust, expel, feed the fish, feel disgust,
find vent, flow, flow out, gag, gagging, gush, gush out, heave,
heave the gorge, heaves, heaving, hurl forth, jet, keck, nausea,
nauseant, outflow, outpour, play, pour, pour out, puke,
regurgitate, regurgitation, reject, retch, run out, shoot, sick up,
sicken at, sluice out, spew, spew out, spit, spout, spout out,
spray, spritz, spurt, spurtle, spy, squirt, surge, throw up,
upchuck, vomit forth, vomit out, vomiting, vomition, vomitive,
well, well out
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