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 bring swallowed food back up out of the mouth.
- 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
- verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
- verb To forcibly remove people, especially from a political organization.
- noun An act of forcibly removing people or unwanted elements.
regurgitate — full definition
- verb To bring swallowed food back up out of the mouth.
- verb (of an animal or bird) To bring food back up from the stomach to feed its young.
- verb To repeat facts exactly as learned, without really understanding them.
- verb To flow or surge back in the opposite direction.
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