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English verb: regurgitate | |||
| 1. | regurgitate (motion) pour or rush back | ||
| Samples | The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pour | ||
| 2. | regurgitate (consumption) feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food | ||
| Samples | Many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feed, give | ||
| 3. | regurgitate (communication) repeat after memorization | ||
| Samples | For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information. | ||
| Synonyms | reproduce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | echo, repeat | ||
| 4. | regurgitate (body) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | ||
| Samples | After drinking too much, the students vomited. He purged continuously. The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night. | ||
| Synonyms | barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Antonyms | keep down | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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