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Vomit: Meaning, Examples, and Common Usage (2 meaning)
Meaning 1：throw up (vomit)
vomit
/ˈvɑːmɪt/
n./v.
To throw up what's in your stomach through your mouth, usually because you feel sick or nauseous.
throw up
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/θroʊ ʌp/
n./v.
To forcefully expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth, typically due to illness or disgust.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Root Explanation
From Latin 'vomere' (to discharge) + -it (past participle suffix).
💡 Mnemonic
Imagine a volcano (sounds like vomit) erupting lava, like stomach contents bursting out.
📖 Example
After riding the roller coaster at the seaside amusement park, he felt so dizzy that he thought he was going to vomit.
After riding the roller coaster at the seaside amusement park, he felt so dizzy that he thought he was going to vomit.
🔗 Collocations
vomit violently – to throw up with great force
vomit from nausea – to throw up because of a feeling of sickness
make someone vomit – to cause someone to throw up
🔄 Synonyms
throw up (v.) – to expel stomach contents through the mouth; informal synonym for vomit.
regurgitate (v.) – to bring back swallowed food into the mouth, often without force.
spew (v.) – to flow out quickly and in large amounts; more forceful than vomit.
🚫 Antonyms
🌱 Derivatives
📖 Cultural Story
From Latin 'vomitus', past participle of 'vomere'. In ancient Rome, vomiting was sometimes induced for pleasure during banquets, linking the word to excess.
Meaning 2：vomited matter (vomit)
vomit
/ˈvɑːmɪt/
n./v.
The stuff that comes out when you throw up; the food and liquid from the stomach that is vomited.
vomited matter
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/ˈvɑːmɪtɪd ˈmætər/
n./v.
The substance that has been expelled from the stomach through vomiting.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Example
When her little brother was sick with a fever, she carefully cleaned up the vomit on the floor with paper towels and disinfectant.
When her little brother was sick with a fever, she carefully cleaned up the vomit on the floor with paper towels and disinfectant.
🔗 Collocations
traces of vomit – small amounts of vomit left behind
vomit stain – a mark left by vomit on a surface
smell of vomit – the odor produced by vomit
🔄 Synonyms
regurgitation (n.) – the act of bringing swallowed food back into the mouth; also refers to the matter itself.
throw-up (n.) – informal term for vomit.
sick (n.) – British informal term for vomit.
🚫 Antonyms
ingestion (n.) – the process of taking food or drink into the body.
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