| VERB | body | retch, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
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| body | retch, gag, heave | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit | |
| NOUN | act | retch, heave | an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting |
| Meaning | An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting. | |
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| Synonym | heave | |
| Broader | spasm | (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) |
| Verbs | retch | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
| retch | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit | |
| Meaning | Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, 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 | retch | an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting |
| Meaning | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | gag, heave | |
| Spanish | amordazar, hacer bascas, tener angustia, tener ansias, tener arcadas, tener desazón, tener náuseas, vomitar | |
| Catalan | tenir basques, tenir nàusees | |
| Nouns | retch | an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting |
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