regurgitate
(verb)
verb
1. pour or rush back
- The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
Definition categories: motion, pour
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
Definition categories: consumption, feed, give
3. repeat after memorization
- For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information
Similar word(s): reproduce
Definition categories: communication, echo, repeat
4. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Similar word(s): barf, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, retch, sick, spew, spue, upchuck, vomit
Definition categories: body, egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Sentences with regurgitate as a verb:
- The young gulls were fed by their mother's regurgitated food.
- Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.