vomit

Definitions


[ˈvɒmɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- eject matter from the stomach through the mouth
(e.g: the sickly stench made him want to vomit)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’


[ˈvɒmɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- matter vomited from the stomach
(e.g: the cell stank of vomit and urine)

- an emetic


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’




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