vomit

CEFRB1

/ˈvɒmɪt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To bring food or liquid up from the stomach through the mouth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Matter brought up from the stomach.

Examples

  • If you feel sick, you have to vomit?

  • The bus ride made her feel so sick that she began to vomit.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

  2. To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

  3. To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

More examples

In context

  • Get rid of this vomit yourself!

  • She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.

  • The fish […] vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.