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erbrechen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • regurgitate verb To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  • spew verb To eject or gush out forcefully in a stream.
  • vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Senses

erbrechen is used for these senses in English:

  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • regurgitate Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.
  • spew (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
  • vomit (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

purge — full definition

  1. verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  2. verb To forcibly remove people, especially from a political organization.
  3. noun An act of forcibly removing people or unwanted elements.

regurgitate — full definition

  1. verb To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  2. verb To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
  3. verb To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
  4. verb To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

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