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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retch  \Retch\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [See  {Reck}.] 
  To  care  for  to  heed;  to  reck.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retch  \Retch\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Retched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Retching}.]  [AS.  hr?can  to  clear  the  throat,  hawk,  fr  hraca 
  throat;  akin  to  G.  rachen,  and  perhaps  to  E.  rack  neck.] 
  To  make  an  effort  to  vomit;  to  strain,  as  in  vomiting. 
  [Written  also  {reach}.] 
 
  Beloved  Julia,  hear  me  still  beseeching!  (Here  he  grew 
  inarticulate  with  retching.)  --Byron. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retch 
  v  :  eject  the  contents  of  the  stomach  through  the  mouth;  "After 
  drinking  too  much  the  students  vomited"  [syn:  {vomit},  {vomit 
  up},  {cast},  {sick},  {cat},  {regurgitate},  {be  sick},  {disgorge}, 
  {regorge},  {puke},  {barf},  {spew},  {spue},  {chuck},  {upchuck}, 
  {honk},  {throw  up}]  [ant:  {keep  down}] 




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