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regurgitate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regurgitate  \Re*gur"gi*tate\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  thrown  or  poured  back  to  rush  or  surge  back 
 
  The  food  may  regurgitatem  the  stomach  into  the 
  esophagus  and  mouth.  --Quain. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  regurgitate 
  v  1:  feed  through  the  beak  by  regurgitating  previously  swallowed 
  food;  of  some  birds 
  2:  repeat  after  memorization;  "For  the  exam,  you  must  be  able 
  to  regurgitate  the  information"  [syn:  {reproduce}] 
  3:  eject  the  contents  of  the  stomach  through  the  mouth;  "After 
  drinking  too  much  the  students  vomited"  [syn:  {vomit},  {vomit 
  up},  {cast},  {sick},  {cat},  {be  sick},  {disgorge},  {regorge}, 
  {retch},  {puke},  {barf},  {spew},  {spue},  {chuck},  {upchuck}, 
  {honk},  {throw  up}]  [ant:  {keep  down}] 




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