vomit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vomit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vomit n the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf] a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting Synonym(s): emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth Synonym(s): vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking v 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" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.