Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\ (r?*g?r"j?*t?t), v. t. [LL.
regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis,
a gulf. Cf. Regorge.]
To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to
pour or throw back in great quantity.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\, v. i.
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
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The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the
esophagus and mouth. --Quain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
regurgitate
v 1: pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart
ventricle"
2: feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed
food; "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what
they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
3: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able
to regurgitate the information" [syn: reproduce]
4: 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, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
throw up] [ant: keep down]
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "regurgitate":
barf, be seasick, be sick, bring up, chuck up, come again, copy,
course, disgorge, ditto, do a repeat, do again, do over, double,
duplicate, ebb, echo, egest, feed the fish, flood, flow, flow back,
flow in, flow out, flush, gag, gush, heave, heave the gorge,
imitate, issue, keck, make, parrot, plagiarize, pour, puke, quote,
redo, redouble, reduplicate, reecho, reincarnate, reject, renew,
repeat, reproduce, retch, revive, run, rush, say again, set,
sick up, spew, stream, surge, surge back, throw up, trend, upchuck,
vomit
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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