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re·gur·gi·tate  (r-gûrj-tt)

v. re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing, re·gur·gi·tates

v.intr.

To rush or surge back.

v.tr.

To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).

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[Medieval Latin regurgitre, regurgitt-, to overflow : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin gurgitre, to engulf, flood (from Latin gurges, gurgit-, whirlpool).]

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re·gurgi·tant (-tnt) adj.

re·gurgi·tation n.

re·gurgi·ta·tive adj.

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regurgitate [rɪˈgɜːdʒɪˌteɪt]

vb

1. to vomit forth (partially digested food)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of some birds and certain other animals) to bring back to the mouth (undigested or partly digested food with which to feed the young)

3. (intr) to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth

4. (Medicine) (intr) Med (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve

[from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool]

regurgitant  n & adj

regurgitation  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	regurgitate - pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"
	2.	regurgitate - 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" feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	3.	regurgitate - repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" reproduce echo, repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
	4.	regurgitate - 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" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, chuck, honk, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

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regurgitate

verb

1. repeat, echo, reproduce, reiterate, duplicate, restate, retell, recapitulate, iterate Many lectures regurgitate old information.

2. disgorge, throw up (informal), chuck up (slang, chiefly U.S.), puke up (slang), sick up (informal), spew out or up It was enough to make you regurgitate your plum pudding.

Translations

regurgitate [rɪˈgɜːdʒɪteɪt]

A. VT → regurgitar (fig) → repetir maquinalmente

B. VI → regurgitar

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regurgitate [rɪˈgɜː^rdʒɪteɪt] vt

(= bring up) [+ food] → régurgiter

(= repeat) [+ opinions, facts] → régurgiter

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regurgitate

vt → wieder hochbringen, wieder von sich geben; (fig) information, facts → wiederkäuen; the young feed on regurgitated insects → die Jungen leben von vorverdauten Insekten

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regurgitate [rɪgɜːdʒɪˌteɪt] vt (vomit) → rigurgitare; (ideas, facts) → ripetere automaticamente

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regurgitate [rɪgɜːdʒɪˌteɪt] vt (vomit) → rigurgitare; (ideas, facts) → ripetere automaticamente

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regurgitate

v regurgitate [riˈgəːdʒiteit]

to bring back (food) into the mouth after it has been swallowed. opbring يَتَقَيّأ، يُرجِع الطَّعام من مَعِدَتِه повръщам zvrátit, dávit gylpe op zurückfliessen κάνω εμετό regurgitar (allaneelatud toitu) taasväljutama قی کردن؛ استفراغ کردن oksentaa takaisin suuhunsa régurgiter לְהָקִיא जुगाली करना izbljuvati, izbaciti felöklendez memuntahkan kasta upp, æla rigurgitare 吐き戻す 역류하다 atryti atrīt; atvemt meluahkan uitbraken kaste opp zwrócić regurgitar a vomita отрыгивать vracať izbljuvati povratiti stöta (rapa) upp อาเจียน kusmak 反芻 вивергати اگل دینا nôn 反刍，反胃

n reˌgurgiˈtation

opbringing تَقَيُّؤ، إرجاع الطعام من المَعِدَه повръщане dávení gylp der Rückfluß εμετός regurgitación (allaneelatud toidu) taasväljutamine استفراغ käänteisvirtaus régurgitation הַקָאָה जुगाली bljuvanje (fel)öklendezés muntahan gubb, æla rigurgito 吐き戻し 역류 atrijimas atrīšana; atvemšana luahan het uitbraken oppkast, oppgulp zwracanie regurgitação vomitare отрыжка vracanie bljuvanje povraćanje uppstötning การอาเจียน kusma 反芻 регургітація انڈیلنے کا عمل sự nôn ra 反刍，反胃