Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin vomitus, from vomere to vomit; akin to Old Norse vAma seasickness, Greek emein to vomit
Pronunciation : 'vä-m&t
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. stomach contents which have been expelled through the mouth. eject stomach contents through the mouth; throw up. vomit\vom"it\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. vomiting.] [cf. l. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. see:
vomit, n.] to eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.vomit \vom"it\, v. t.
2. to throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out. the fish vomited out jonah upon the dry land.
3. 2. hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. like the sons of vulcan, vomit smoke.vomit \vom"it\, n. [l. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to gr. , skr. vam, lith. vemiti. cf. emetic, vomito.].
4. matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
5. (med.) that which excites vomiting; an emetic. he gives your hollander a vomit.
6. To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
7. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; often followed by up or out.
8. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.
9. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
10. That which excites vomiting; an emetic. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth the matter ejected in vomiting 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".
11. 1. If you vomit, food and drink comes back up from your stomach and out through your mouth. Any product made from cow's milk made him vomit She began to vomit blood a few days before she died He vomited up all he had just eaten. + vomiting vom·it·ing Nausea, diarrhoea, and vomiting may accompany migraine.
12. Vomit is partly digested food and drink that has come back up from someone's stomach and out through their mouth. = sick. to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, because you are ill. food or other substances that come up from your stomach and through your mouth when you vomit.