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RETCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
Example:
a bad case of the heaves
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("retch" is a kind of...):
spasm ((pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel))
Derivation:
retch (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth)
retch (make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they retch ... he / she / it retches
Past simple: retched
Past participle: retched
-ing form: retching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example:
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Synonyms:
barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "retch" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
retch (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Synonyms:
gag; heave; retch
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
retch (an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting)
