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vom·it 
[vom-it] Pronunciation Key
—Related forms
[vom-it] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up. |
| 2. | to belch or spew with force or violence. |
| 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. |
| 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 emeǐn (see emetic)]
] —Related forms
vom·it·er, noun
vom·i·tive, adjective
vom·i·tous·ly, adverb
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| vom·it
(vŏm'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its v. intr.
v. tr.
n.
[Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.] vom'it·er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vomit (n.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vomit | |
noun | |
| 1. | the matter ejected in vomiting |
| 2. | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic] |
| 3. | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
verb | |
| 1. | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [ant: keep down] |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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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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.
- The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
- Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
- An emetic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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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.
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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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