regurgitate
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dʒɪˌteɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to surge or rush back; vomit.
3.
to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
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World English Dictionary
regurgitate (rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to vomit forth (partially digested food) |
| 2. | (of some birds and certain other animals) to bring back to the mouth (undigested or partly digested food with which to feed the young) |
| 3. | (intr) to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth |
| 4. | (intr) med (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from | |
| re'gurgitant | |
| —n, —adj | |
| regurgi'tation | |
| —n | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
regurgitate re·gur·gi·tate (rē-gûr'jĭ-tāt')
v. re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing, re·gur·gi·tates
To rush or surge back.
To cause to pour back, especially to cast up partially digested food.
re·gur'gi·tant (-tənt) adj.
re·gur'gi·ta'tion n.
re·gur'gi·ta'tive adj.
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Example sentences
Horses cannot breathe through their mouths, regurgitate food or vomit.
The birds regurgitate a reeking and corrosive vomit as a natural defense.
The method is called gastric lavage and it is simply an easy method of making the fish regurgitate its stomach contents.
Back in their dens, bats who have found a meal during the night regurgitate blood into the mouths of bats who have not.
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