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REGURGITATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Example:

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; vomit up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "regurgitate" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

regurgitation (the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Repeat after memorization

Example:

For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information

Synonyms:

regurgitate; reproduce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "regurgitate" is one way to...):

echo; repeat (to say again or imitate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

regurgitation (recall after rote memorization)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food

Example:

many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "regurgitate" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pour or rush back

Example:

The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "regurgitate" is one way to...):

pour (flow in a spurt)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

regurgitation (backflow of blood through a defective heart valve)

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