Vomit

v. i.	1.	To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.]
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.
n.	1.
	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.

Noun	1.	vomit - the matter ejected in vomiting Synonyms: vomitus, puke
	2.	vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting Synonyms: emetic, nauseant, vomitive
	3.	vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth Synonyms: disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation
Verb	1.	vomit - 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" Synonyms: barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit up, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast Antonyms: keep down - manage not to throw up

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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