VERB | motion | regurgitate | pour or rush back |
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consumption | regurgitate | feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food | |
communication | regurgitate, reproduce | repeat after memorization | |
body | regurgitate, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
Meaning | pour or rush back. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" | |
Broader | pour | Flow in a spurt |
Spanish | regurgitar | |
Nouns | regurgitation | backflow of blood through a defective heart valve |
Meaning | feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Broader | feed, give | Give food to |
Spanish | regurgitar, regurguitar | |
Catalan | regurgitar |
Meaning | repeat after memorization. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" | |
Synonym | reproduce | |
Broader | repeat, echo | To say / say again or imitate |
Spanish | reproducir | |
Catalan | reproduir | |
Nouns | regurgitation | recall after rote memorization |
Meaning | Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" | |
Synonyms | vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, throw up | |
Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
Opposite | keep down | manage not to throw up |
Spanish | arrojar, devolver, vomitar, vómito | |
Catalan | perbocar, regurgitar, vomitar | |
Nouns | regurgitation | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
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