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regurgitate

    re·gur·gi·tate

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regurgitate in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    vomit  vomit up  purge  cast  sick  cat  be sick  disgorge  regorge  retch  puke  barf  spew  spue  chuck  upchuck  honk  regurgitate  throw up 
  2. repeat after memorization
    "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
    regurgitate  reproduce 
  3. feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
    "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
    regurgitate 
  4. pour or rush back
    "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
    regurgitate 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University

regurgitate in Webster's English dictionary

intransitive verb
  1. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
transitive verb
  1. To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain



regurgitate in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  2. (verb) (transitive) What a bird or other animal does, to cough up from its gut to feed its young.
  3. (verb) (transitive/by extension) To repeat verbatim.
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'regurgitate' English examples of use

  • For the exam , you must be able to regurgitate the information
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
  • The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
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