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Regurgitate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Regurgitate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

pour or rush back

"The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"

2

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"

3

repeat after memorization

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

4

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"

5

To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

Example Sentences
"The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" verb
"many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest" verb
"For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" verb
"After drinking too much, the students vomited" verb
"He purged continuously" verb
"The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
keep down
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pour feed repeat excrete
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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