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vomit |
4 definitions found 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vomit n 1: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: {vomitus}, {puke}] 2: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: {emetic}, {vomitive}, {nauseant}] 3: the act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: {vomiting}, {regurgitation}, {disgorgement}, {puking}, {heaving}] v : eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much the students vomited" [syn: {vomit up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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