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vom⋅it

  [vom-it]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
2. to belch or spew with force or violence.
–verb (used with object)
3. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
4. to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
5. to cause (a person) to vomit.
–noun
6. the act of vomiting.
7. the matter ejected in vomiting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME vomiten < L vomitāre, freq. of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Gk emeîn (see emetic )

Related forms:
vom⋅it⋅er, noun
vom⋅i⋅tive, adjective
vom⋅i⋅tous⋅ly, adverb
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vom·it   (vŏm'ĭt)   
v.   vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its

v.   intr.
  1. To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.
  2. To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush: The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.
v.   tr.
  1. To eject (contents of the stomach) through the mouth.
  2. To eject or discharge in a gush; spew out: The volcano vomited lava and ash.
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
  2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
  3. An emetic.

[Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.]
vom'it·er n.
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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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : vomit
Spanish: vomitar,
German: (sich) erbrechen,
Japanese: 吐く
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vomit  (n.)
c.1386, "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from L. vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "spew forth, discharge," from PIE base *wem- "to spit, vomit" (cf. Gk. emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Skt. vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;" Lith. vemiu "to vomit," O.N. væma "seasickness"). In ref. to the matter so ejected, it is attested from c.1390. The verb is recorded from 1422.
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Main Entry: 1vom·it
Pronunciation: 'väm-&t
Function: noun
1 : VOMITING
2 : stomach contents disgorged through the mouth called also vomitus

Main Entry: 2vomit
Function: intransitive verb
: to disgorge the stomach contents vomit transitive senses
: to disgorge (thecontents of the stomach) through the mouth
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vomit vom·it (vŏm'ĭt)
v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its
To eject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements. n.

  1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
  2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
  3. An emetic.

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vomit   (vŏm'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.
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