English verb: vomit up | |||
| 1. | vomit up (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, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Antonyms | keep down | ||