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re·gur·gi·tate
(rē-gûr′jĭ-tāt′)v. re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing, re·gur·gi·tates
v.intr.
v.tr.
1. To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).
2. To repeat (facts or other learned items) from memory with little reflection.
v.intr.
To rush or surge back.
[Medieval Latin regurgitāre, regurgitāt-, to overflow : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin gurgitāre, to engulf, flood (from Latin gurges, gurgit-, whirlpool).]
re·gur′gi·tant (-tənt) adj.
re·gur′gi·ta′tion n.
re·gur′gi·ta·tive adj.
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regurgitate
(rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt)vb
1. to vomit forth (partially digested food)
2. (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
[C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool]
reˈgurgitant n, adj
reˌgurgiˈtation n
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re•gur•gi•tate
(rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt)v. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. v.i.
1. to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, or undigested food.
v.t. 2. to vomit.
3. to give back or repeat, esp. something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate a teacher's lectures.
[1645–55; < Medieval Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre to overflow]
re•gur′gi•tant (-tənt) n.
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regurgitate
Past participle: regurgitated
Gerund: regurgitating
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| 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" | |
| 3. | regurgitate - repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" | |
| 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" |
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regurgitate
verb
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Translations
يَتَقَيّأ، يُرجِع الطَّعام من مَعِدَتِه
dávitzvrátit
gylpe op
felöklendez
kasta upp, æla
atrijimasatryti
atrītatvemt
vracať
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
regurgitate
[rɪˈgɜːrdʒɪteɪt] vt (= bring up) [+ food] → régurgiter
(= repeat) [+ opinions, facts] → régurgiter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
(riˈgəːdʒiteit) verb to bring back (food) into the mouth after it has been swallowed.
reˌgurgiˈtation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
re·gur·gi·tate
v. regurgitar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
regurgitate
vt regurgitar, vomitar sin esfuerzoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.